Get Your Words Out - February word count
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I wrote 6264 words in Feburary
I've written 19609 words this year.
I'm 26% of the way to my goal of 75,000 words in 2017.
Am following advice from the book 5000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Writer Smarter, and am liking it, but my hands hurt! Especially the third and fourth fingers on my right hand. So I'm going to follow one of the last pieces of advice in the book, which is to use voice dictation. It's a weird adjustment, it takes a long time to train the software, and the software/hardware seems kind of finicky, but in the long run it'll hopefully be worth it, both at work and home.
Also got a little more involved with the GYWO community, which is active and friendly and absolutely wonderful. I tried out some of the community's advice on outlining and productivity, signed up for a bingo card on literary devices (I wish I had chosen genre or setting instead -_-), and participated in a word war--just once, because the schedule doesn't work out with mine, but I'll try again when I'm less busy with work.
Currently writing: a long, silly FF6 fic, and my assignment for Interhigh 2017! Also need to eventually type out (or dictate?) my silly handwritten Chihayafuru fic, and get back to work on my silly novel. La la la ~
I've written 19609 words this year.
I'm 26% of the way to my goal of 75,000 words in 2017.
Am following advice from the book 5000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Writer Smarter, and am liking it, but my hands hurt! Especially the third and fourth fingers on my right hand. So I'm going to follow one of the last pieces of advice in the book, which is to use voice dictation. It's a weird adjustment, it takes a long time to train the software, and the software/hardware seems kind of finicky, but in the long run it'll hopefully be worth it, both at work and home.
Also got a little more involved with the GYWO community, which is active and friendly and absolutely wonderful. I tried out some of the community's advice on outlining and productivity, signed up for a bingo card on literary devices (I wish I had chosen genre or setting instead -_-), and participated in a word war--just once, because the schedule doesn't work out with mine, but I'll try again when I'm less busy with work.
Currently writing: a long, silly FF6 fic, and my assignment for Interhigh 2017! Also need to eventually type out (or dictate?) my silly handwritten Chihayafuru fic, and get back to work on my silly novel. La la la ~
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Date: 2017-03-04 05:49 pm (UTC)That said, I managed to write a lot during my winter break this year, and I think it's because of Get You Words Out. The goal-setting and support made all the difference.
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Date: 2017-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)Goal setting does have a huge effect! it's what has got me through all Nanos, too. Actually, I've been thinking about maybe doing Camp Nano this year. I don't know. Time-wise, not smart, but I kind of want to.
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Date: 2017-03-05 10:32 pm (UTC)If you sign up, let me know and maybe I'll sign up too!
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Date: 2017-03-09 10:21 pm (UTC)I'll be interested to hear how it works out for you!
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Date: 2017-03-10 07:02 am (UTC)https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DR5TPNW/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1489129255&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=dragon+writing
Seems difficult to set up!
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Date: 2017-03-11 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-11 10:33 pm (UTC)That's a good idea using the generic English names...will try that too!
I might do a long post on GYWO one of these days on being healthy as a writer...once I'm actually healthy as a writer, that is XD