The output meme

[ksmith]

From rolanni

I've altered some categories so that I'd have something to post. Rather humbling to see others' production over the course of the year, but oh the hell well:

In 2005:

Novel words written:
Endgame: 93,000

Short story words written: 0
Notes, outline, and synopsis words written: less than 93,000, but more than 10,000
Blog words written: Probably too many


New stories written: 0
Existing stories revised: 0
Short story submissions sent: 0
Responses received: n/a
Acceptances: n/a
Rejections: n/a
Short stories commissioned: 1
Short stories published: 0

Major award nominations: 0
Minor award nominations: 0


Novel editing hours: I edit as I write, so there's a tangle there. Plus, am I supposed to start, like, keeping a log book or something?
Novels submitted: 0
Novels awaiting response: 0
Synopses begun: 2. 5, if you break it down by individual books, as we're talking one fantasy trilogy and one dark fantasy that's up to two books and may go longer.
Synopses evaluated by agent: 1 (or 3). This is the fantasy set.

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Back in 2000/2001, I was kicking out about 3x as many words in a year. Of course, I burned out a bearing.

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[davidlevine]

Well, it's 6x as many words as I wrote this year. I think I "burned out a bearing" on the novel myself. Maybe next year I'll get back in the groove.