So who is struggling in keeping up? Ya know what? That's OK. Please don't bail on this blog and the attempt in finishing your book. This blog should have pointers and help for you no matter if you keep up or not....but let me put it in numbers.
500 words a day.
500 words each hour a day.
Could you do that and keep that pace? I think anyone who wants to write can. So let's look at the breakdown.
I am asking you to write one scene or chapter a week. Just one.
500 words each day for seven days is 3500 words. Perfect for a chapter give or take. This is doable don't you think?
And if we look at 500 words each day for 30 days then you'd have 15K words...about 3 chapters. That is why in planning this blog as we go we will look at about 3 chapters a month to focus on.
So what does 500 words a day for 3 months look like?
90 days and you have 45K words. You gotta full story by that word count. Fluff a little and you have that magical 55K some houses want
But let's do 6 months at 500 a day and you'd have 90K. That is my sweet spot on story. Of course most of mine are longer. And I read recently that houses are looking for more than 55K and the sweet spot is 80K.
I have set up this blog to post every Monday what to work on for the week and every Thursday some kind of helps will post. In between I will have some other random posts to help us all finish a book in 6 months or a year. The speed is your decision.
Some will write faster than others and by all means don't let this blog slow you down. But for others the struggle to keep up may be real. But 500 words a day....we should all be able to do that. If you miss a day because there are no days off then make up the 500 word loss. Hold yourself to be accountable. Report in daily here if it helps.
You want to finish the book or you wouldn't be lurking here on this blog.
And please pop on over to my Author Kim Turner Facebook page where I will post more helps and encouragement each day. Together we can do this.
