Writing schedule

[Phantonym]

What is the best writing schedule for chapters that range at 1-2k+ words each?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Whatever one you can maintain. When I was out of work and able to drive, I was my wife's chauffer for her job, and spent a lot of time sitting in the car typing. Turned out about 2-3k words a day five days a week and about half that on Sundays, between, well, initially four stories, but it kind of mushroomed. Now, however, I am lucky to get that much a week.

 

[Phantonym]

Whatever one you can maintain. When I was out of work and able to drive, I was my wife's chauffer for her job, and spent a lot of time sitting in the car typing. Turned out about 2-3k words a day five days a week and about half that on Sundays, between, well, initially four stories, but it kind of mushroomed. Now, however, I am lucky to get that much a week.

Ok I was able to get 1k words in about a day on top of school, so I should be able to do around twice a week with 1-2k+ words

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Now, the more you can turn out but keep quality high, the better, but really, just set a pace you can maintain, and only push yourself if you know you'll have a break coming and won't meet your quota, so you can have a backlog.

I kind of screwed myself with one story that I STARTED with a large backlog on, but caught up in November and am now almost posting it "real time" (basically put up a new chapter whenever I finish the next one).

 

[Phantonym]

That's why I am going to give myself 3 days for each chapter and not cram

 

[Corty]

What @CharlesEBrown said.

But the cold hard truth is daily. Nothing beats that, no matter the chapter length.

 

[Phantonym]

I would do daily I would just give myself 3 days to do each chapter

What @CharlesEBrown said.

But the cold hard truth is daily. Nothing beats that, no matter the chapter length.

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

Write within your means. Also don't forget the time it takes to edit and proofread. Its quite easy and enjoyable to write down 4k words in a day but if your pushing a chapter regularly you gotta edit that chapter which can eat into the time you could use to write

 

[Phantonym]

I also have highschool to worry about so I think a chapter every three days is kinda pushing it but I should be able to

 

[Golden_Hyde]

writing schedule huh? Maybe you can set any amount of days you wanted for writing before you entered the QC + Proofread phase, because that's where it may take more days than your whole writing time.

You can write everything in your mind for a whole day, 2000+ words average, but the quality control and proofreading? That would take you more than two at worst ?

 

[Phantonym]

tru

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

writing schedule huh? Maybe you can set any amount of days you wanted for writing before you entered the QC + Proofread phase, because that's where it may take more days than your whole writing time.

You can write everything in your mind for a whole day, 2000+ words average, but the quality control and proofreading? That would take you more than two at worst ?

A lot of people forget this part. If I had to say what I spent 90% of my time doing it's qc and proofing

 

[Phantonym]

I did some proof reading but prob not enough there are some typos but I am just glad I got it posted

 

[HiroXV]

I try to write and post everyday. Since I got school, training and study, I basically use every free occasion to write (which is not a lot, mind you). I'm still able to churn out 1.5k words chapters so that's good and, by how I am going, I am able to be one chapter ahead.
Anyway, I used time ago to post 3 times a week, that was ideal for me, so it all depends on people and their lifes. Just organise yourself well enough.

 

[Phantonym]

I’ve got sports

 

[soupsabaw]

This 100% depends on you! I don't think there should be any stereotypical time at all. Writers are alllll different. Do it based on your time and what you think you can handle. For instance, my current uploading is Mondays and Thursdays. This is because of multiple factors: 1. my book is very quantity over quality so while each chapter of mine is around 3,000-5,000 words, it's not my greatest work at all. 2. I already have a lot of it pre-written, so I have no issue doing two updates a week. 3. I'm getting a bit burnt out and kind of want it to be over with... 4. and the most important: it's at a rate that I am currently comfortable with and do not feel stressed.

Do not stress yourself out about writing. I spotted a reply you saying you're in high school and participate in sports. I was the same way, and I was desperate to find time to write because I've always been so passionate toward writing. Already, you're much braver than I was when I was a kid; I never shared anything I wrote to anybody. Use this time to develop your own pace and feel. Experiment, be confident, and write whenever you feel comfortable!

 

[Y2N1]

In my case, even with tight schedule from school I force myself to write 500 words everyday, not missing a single day. At best this could give you an average of 3.5k+ words a week and would leave you with enough time to edit it. Well, starting to write is more harder that writing the chapter itself.

 

[ZombieHat]

What is the best writing schedule for chapters that range at 1-2k+ words each?

I try to set at least one hour a day, excluding weekends or busy days. I can usually get 1.5 to 2.5k words done on an average day. Writing for too long ends up exhausting me. As long as you get some in everyday, you're doing well.

 

[AmbreaTaddy]

Depends on my mood. If my story is at a dramatic key scene and I feel dramatic, I can write easily 8k words than day. If it's a happy scene and I'm tired, I'll just write 1k words and go to sleep

But generally, I write A LOT. I just calculated it yesterday, and in a month I wrote 118k words. So, yeah, I can allow myself to post everyday, be it on one novel or the other

 

[Clo]

Consider this: NaNoWriMo asks for 50k words in 30 days.
It's possible, but a bit of a commitment, and is generally encouraged to make writer stop obsessing about the quality of the words they write. The point is to write a lot, and edit later.

That's 1,667 words a day if you work 7 days a week.

If you plan to submit a chapter that is 1500 to 2000 words a day on SH or RR, you're comiting to non-stop NNWM levels of speed for the long run. No break, no sick days, no low-energy or burnout days.

And ideally, you should edit your story at least one pass for grammar before you push.

That's a lot. It's not impossible. But I hope you don't have too much of a life on top of it all.

I basically try to maintain about 6k words a week (so 800 a day on average), that way I can release 2x ~3000 word chapters per week.

I am fairly sure I generally fall short of that target.