I've just had an exceptionally productive weekend where I got about 10,000 words across the two days, about five hours of work a day. That's maybe 30 standard pages? That was a lot though. Weekends are more usually about 3k a day and work days about 1.5k. (Totals go up for NaNoWriMo though, when I get the red mist in my eyes. )
My record is 10k in one day, but I can't sustain that for long! I envy you having 6 to 8 hours a day to write - I don't get that very often.
One page in 6 to 8 hours does sound very slow, but it depends how you work. Do you edit and polish that page until its perfect before moving on? Do you have no outline so you've got to figure out what you actually want to happen on that page? Neither of these things are "wrong" if they are the way you work, but they can make things take a long time. If you want to change this, maybe you can try different methods. Drafting the whole thing and editing later. Working with an outline. It can't hurt to try out different things, even if what you learn from doing so is that they don't suit you.
None of these methods means you'll necessarily do fewer hours of work per story, they just configure the work differently. if I do lots of outlining I (usually) draft faster and do less editing. If I do less outlining I end up with slower drafting and more editing. But in the end I've probably done the same number of hours of work on the book.
But one page a day potentially gives you a completed novel in a year - which is a better rate than some people!
My record is 10k in one day, but I can't sustain that for long! I envy you having 6 to 8 hours a day to write - I don't get that very often.
One page in 6 to 8 hours does sound very slow, but it depends how you work. Do you edit and polish that page until its perfect before moving on? Do you have no outline so you've got to figure out what you actually want to happen on that page? Neither of these things are "wrong" if they are the way you work, but they can make things take a long time. If you want to change this, maybe you can try different methods. Drafting the whole thing and editing later. Working with an outline. It can't hurt to try out different things, even if what you learn from doing so is that they don't suit you.
None of these methods means you'll necessarily do fewer hours of work per story, they just configure the work differently. if I do lots of outlining I (usually) draft faster and do less editing. If I do less outlining I end up with slower drafting and more editing. But in the end I've probably done the same number of hours of work on the book.
But one page a day potentially gives you a completed novel in a year - which is a better rate than some people!
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