The chronicles word counter!

[scalem X]

What are we supposed to do; give a continuous update if we're happy with progress and sort of pretend we've forgotten when we drop behind (or hope that one's success inspires the others with competitive jealousy?

I quote from the first post:

You can set limits for yourself that the people who read this thread may or may not send you private messages to incite you to write more when they see that you are writing less than planned.

So in general this thread is here to help you to keep up with your writing. It's easy to give up, when all your environment does is give you shores and things to look after that take you away from your writing. Therefore it would be nice if the online people did just the opposite.
So in short: put down your deadlines and if you don't succeed, we'll send you messages to keep going/speed up. (I expect at least some people to take the effort to send messages too). In order to give the nudges only to the most needy, it is best if you post when you are making progress. Does this make sense?

[areader]

Scalem I'm intrigued...I know 1000 is a good target but some great writers I've looked into do 500 words a day. Others can churn out novels in very little time at all. Perhaps an extra criteria: personal target/hours/letting it rest qualifiers to let others know whether you need the nudge or not and to celebrate the successes ... its a great idea tho.

[HoopyFrood]

I think that's pretty much what Scalem was suggesting anyway...1000 seems to be his personal target, but he mentions in the first post that "You can set limits for yourself" and etc. As you can see, I'm certainly not rushing along with my story, so I added the note not to PM for a while until I get the time to sit down and write properly!

[Culhwch]

Originally Posted by Culhwch

Another update:

Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 11 270
Status: Active

Doesn't look like progress, I know, but I cut and rewrote a large chunk from the beginning that was holding me back. Some seven hundred and fifty words this morn, and I'm done with that bit, so onwards and upwards from here, with any luck.

Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 12 008
Status: Active

I sort of stalled and veered off focus, and thus:

Novel: Witchborn (working title)
Genre: Fantasy (steampunk/elfpunk)
Word Count: 1570
Status: Active/In Development

I haven't set any word targets beyond steady progress, which is more what I'm using this thread for - as a marker, if you will, of where I was then, and where I am now. But I'm not averse to the occasional note of encouragement!

[scalem X]

Novel:'the tower'
Genre: high fantasy
new word count: 4082
(safe till tomorrow evening)

new word count: 6519
safe till well this evening (oh no I'm running behind)

[Markida]

Novel: The Myth of the Esteril
Genre: Fantasy (Epic)
Word count: 63, 062
Status: Active. Aiming for at least 80, 000 words in total, but hopefully more, and want it finished by the end of the year.

[HoopyFrood]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

Word count: 56,892!
OK, I've only done a little editing. But I have a huge section that I wrote by hand that needs copying up onto the laptop. I'll try and do that soon...

Another update...managed to copy up most of the handwritten section. I'm now on:

Word count: 59,599

This might be pushing myself a bit too much, but I'd really like to get this finished before the start of September. I have pretty much all the ideas for the remaining part of the story. The question is...can I do it? Huh, huh? Can I, can I?
Well, perhaps I'll give it a go...

[ray gower]

As I've done a count I thought I might join in and see if it helps any.

Being more of a serial writer than an out and out novelist, I won't mention the completed bits, it would be boasting, suffice to say the figures are in telephone number territory.

Episode: Doubles Doubled
Genre: Science Fiction
Count: 7934
Status: On hold

Story: The Academy
Genre: Science Fiction
Count: 61753
Status: Parts 1-3, 5(provisional) and last episode complete, part 4 started

[HoopyFrood]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

Another update...managed to copy up most of the handwritten section. I'm now on:

Word count: 59,599

This might be pushing myself a bit too much, but I'd really like to get this finished before the start of September. I have pretty much all the ideas for the remaining part of the story. The question is...can I do it? Huh, huh? Can I, can I?
Well, perhaps I'll give it a go...

Update time again...I'm trying to write everyday at the moment. It's strange how slowly it goes though, I have the ideas but it's difficult to put them onto the paper for some reason...anyway:

Word count: 61,105

[timelord4]

Thanks scalem. Did 5000 word clean up over the weekend on one and 3800 on the other. Sweated blood from the eyes over it though. Will send some of it off to the Critique Group mid week. Keep on my hammer brother, seems it works a charm.

[scalem X]

Beware!

Novel:'the tower'
Genre: high fantasy
new word count: 6519

new word count:9064
Which means I'll have to do 0036 more today

[Markida]

Originally Posted by Markida

Novel: The Myth of the Esteril
Genre: Fantasy (Epic)
Word count: 63, 062
Status: Active. Aiming for at least 80, 000 words in total, but hopefully more, and want it finished by the end of the year.

Unfortunately I've done a bit of editing recently which has actually brought my word count down
Now stands at 62, 252

[HoopyFrood]

Ugh...haven't done much writing in the past couple of days, as yesterday I wasn't feeling well and today I've been busy. Still, did a little writing, which is better than none!

So, before: 61,105
Now it's (da da da!): 61,490

[Culhwch]

Originally Posted by Culhwch

Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 12 008
Status: Active

Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 14 448
Status: Active

I'm aiming for and mostly hitting around five hundred words a day at the moment, though I haven't been updating nearly so often...

[HoopyFrood]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

Ugh...haven't done much writing in the past couple of days, as yesterday I wasn't feeling well and today I've been busy. Still, did a little writing, which is better than none!

So, before: 61,105
Now it's (da da da!): 61,490

I decided to skip ahead with my story and write a bit that I've had planned for a while and have been eager to write. Now it's a-rocking and a-rolling and should hopefully keep me going for a while!

Update: 63,051