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Today’s topic is: Do you keep track of your word count on a daily basis? What’s your record for most and least words?
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I did at one time. In fact, when I was writing Chasing Shadows I kept a daily wordcount. I made it my mission to write daily without fail and I’d keep a log of it. Oh how I’d have loved to have achieved many thousands of words a day, not unlike Stephen King. I think my level best is somewhere in the region of a thousand, maybe 1,500 words in a day. The issue I stumbled into was the sense of having to write something daily. Even if I felt under the weather, or just not in the mood to write, I pushed myself to write anyway. It led to the editing process taking me longer than it should have.
Despite starting out on book two tracking my word count, I stopped this part way through. My writing flowed more freely. I enjoyed it far more. And my ability to commit words to page improved greatly. So since then I simply don’t count my daily words added. From time to time I’ll take a look at my running word count, but nothing more than that. And I love it that way.
Steven Smith 
I only ever write when I want to, even if this means not writing anything for days or even weeks. I find it’s better that way.
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Agreed, this is how I now work. Working full time means I need to be in the right frame of mind to write.
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Indeed, and if we aren’t in the right frame of mind, then it’s not worth writing anything.
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I need the self-imposed target to keep me writing and not looking at YouTube (other sites are available).
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YouTube is a dangerous rabbit hole!
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Some of my ‘fastest” writing is done when I am writing by hand and not tracking word count.
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I wouldn’t mind one of those pure word processors. No apps, just a small screen to show you the line you are writing. It would be great for getting first drafts done!
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For me, it’s not how many words necessarily, but keeping that daily chain going. If I touch the story every day, even briefly, I stay in it mentally and emotionally. @samanthabwriter from
Balancing Act
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True. I do aim for daily. But if work has been tough or I have had a bad day, it’s best for me to step back.
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