Daily quota

[BenJepheneT]

I do both writing and drawing, so I'll hit a productivity quota with either/or. If I only write, my daily quota is 500 words. If I draw, it has to be at least one completed full page sketch. If both, it varies, but it has to be at least 200 words and a preliminary full page sketch.

It's so that if I get tired of one hobby, I can move on with another as a creative outlet, and flip flop according to my feels.

As of now, I'm barely hitting 100 words a week, but I've been hard at work on a 14 page comic about a bisexual threesome with the Spider and the Cave Spider from Minecraft, so my productivity rate is still maintained.

 

[georgelee5786]

My daily quota is 5k words. This weekend, I wrote 5k more. 3k more Saturday and 2k more Sunday. What is your quota? I already finished writing for today, and I am eight days away from finishing my newest novel. 100k words + maybe 1k or 3k more is a good length, right?

I don't have a quota, but this makes me think that having one will increase my productivity, so thanks

 

[AliceShiki]

My ideal daily quota is roughly 2k chapters a day. Or 2k chapters one day, and editing said chapter on the next.

That said, this is only possible after I clear my daily workload, which takes quite some time (and I procrastinate a lot because of ADHD), so I often times end up not writing anything.

So I try to not stress toooooooo much over it. I wanna write regularly, but I gotta work on the job that currently pays my bills first. I can work on my dream job after I'm done with my current job.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_breastfeeding#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20breastfeeding,foods%5D%2C%20the%20American%20Academy%20of

 

[NotaNuffian]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_breastfeeding#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20breastfeeding,foods%5D%2C%20the%20American%20Academy%20of

Not the toddler part.

The nipples to your story part.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Not the toddler part.

The nipples to your story part.

Well, before my son gushed out of me, they would be pointing at my paper notebooks while I was writing before bed.

 

[RavenRunes]

999 words minimum, 1001 max. If I go over that, then another 999 words has to be written. Then I will edit obsessively until the numbers are write.

 

[lambenttyto]

maybe 1k or 3k more is a good length, right?

You should write whatever amount you're comfortable with. I write 3,000 words a day seven days a week without fail. However, for Royal Road's Writathon, I did 6,000 and more every single day for two weeks. Wow, I got a lot done. I wrote 100,000 words in that time span. 6,000 is a lot for me, but it's not too much. However, that being said, I don't like doing that much. If I was making money, I could do that seven days a week without fail, but I'm not. So I lowered it back down to my usual 3,000, and now 3k feels like a total breeze. I get it done in less than two hours, lol.

My reasoning for 3k a day seven days a week is because I want to produce a million words a year. It's "pulp writer" speed.