So, I mentioned recently that I’ve been researching productivity and how to speed up my writing. Well, it’s been going pretty well. Actually, I’m lying.
I’m bouncing with joy at the results!
-Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics-
Here are my results. As always, statistics should be taken with a grain of salt:
- 51,780 Total Words for the entire month of January, 2016
- Writing
- 26,747 new words
- all before Jan 16, when rough draft was complete
- 2578.2 average WPH (words per hour)
- 26,747 new words
- Editing
- 22,276 words edited
- 869.7 average WPH
The remaining words fall into a misclellaneous bucket of brainstorming, plot noodling, etc.
-How Many I Keep-
I keep getting this weird question, over and over: “But how many do you keep?”
This is a weird question, that seems to assume that more productivity is worse productivity. I’ve actually seen a reverse trend. I’m getting out lots of words, and while they might not be perfect, I have, out of 17 scenes written with the process, only tossed half of one in the garbage.
…And that was a really complicated fight scene.
…And what I threw away gave me a much firmer grip on what needed to happen and what order.
So no real words lost. Instead, mostly, I end up expanding the words.
-Some Cold Water-
This is nothing compared to some authors, who get 10k words per day on a consistent, repeatable basis. I can only dream of getting there.
I’m currently at about 3-4k per day for new words, and 700-1.9k for edits.
That said, I’m doing pretty well, a lot better than any time I’ve had before. It’s massively more productive than the 0 words a day I had been getting, that’s for sure!
And, fingers (and toeses and noses) crossed that I’ll get better! Especially on my editing speed!