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I have an important exam on November 25 and not much time or brains to anything else, except awell-deservedprocrastination time.
After this I will have FIVE days to finish a novel. Did I mention that this is my first novel?
I'll have to hit 8.8k every day, so I'm wondering...
...is that even possible? Anyone else here going through this?
Yes, it is possible. Last year I wrote 10k per day for 5 days, took a day off, then wrote 10k on day 7 bringing me to 60k.
I, however, would not advise this tactic to everyone. After that week, I didn't write again for over 6 months.
But I'm in a similar boat, Mirth. I have an exam on the 24th. I'm only intending to finish a WIP which is 2/3 done already, though. And it's a short novel, so I'll have about 20-25k to write in 6 days.
Aiming for 4k a day. I know I can do that and not get burnt out like I did with the 10k days.
Good luck on your exam and with your novel!
Wow, what made you write this fast in the first week of Nano?
Well, I'm crazy, basically. (And actually, it was *2* years ago, not last year! Whoops!)
But yeah, I had just outlined a trilogy, and figured each book would be 80k. I was initially aiming to write just the first one... Then I challenged myself to write all 3. Then I upped it to 10k a day regardless, just to see if I could do it.
And yeah... While I won in 5 days, I stopped writing at 60k. I didn't even finish the first novel until about 3 months ago, because I was just burnt out on writing.
Like I said - wouldn't recommend it.
I have yet to start the other 2 in that series. They're on the backburner while I get some other projects finished. This year, I'm a lot busier than when I did that crazy week, so just aiming to finish 20-25k.
(In December I'll edit 2 novels, then hopefully write 60-65k of #3 in this (different than the other one) series in January. Being at Uni, I don't have a lot of time for writing during the year. Gotta make the most of my break!)
Hi Mirth, should I say welcome? What the hay, Welcome to aye-dub. I typed a novel (yeah, on a Smith-Corona, single space, 197 pgs.) at the age of 18. It was bad. There were pirates in it. One was named Red Eye. Seriously.Mirth: The craziest thing I've done in writing was to begin a 100k novel when I was 13 and didn't know a thing about the craft.