I believe in my current WIP, but the really interesting thing is that I can't seem to get the words out. I sit down to write and only 500 words come out. After thinking it through, I realized that it's okay. Writing 500-1500 words a day is perfectly fine.
It's quality vs quantity.
With Guardians, I wrote at least 2k a day and finished it in a month, so I get the quantity thing. Every word I write though on this new WIP- I want it to be just the right word, just the right phrasing.
Quality. CP (this WIP) is all about quality writing and I like it like that.
What do you guys think? Do you tend to sway toward quality or quantity?
I'm quantity on the first draft, but quality on revisions. But I can rarely pass 1,500 words on any one project in a day. That's why I tend to work on more than one project at any given time.
ReplyDeleteMine is taking me forever, so I'm HOPING that it's quality!
ReplyDeleteCertainly not quantity, seeing as how I failed NaNo... :P
ReplyDeleteI write best in a pressure situation, so I punch out my WIP during NaNo, then spend Jan-June editing/revising so that Aug-Oct I can start brainstorming on a new book. How people can write more than 1 book a year amazes me! So, I suppose at first, I am quantity over quality!
ReplyDeleteWhen I wrote my first book I was going all out for quantity as it was part of NaNo 2009. With my second book, I wrote it over a longer period of time and concentrated on the quality more, to avoid the editing being such hard work afterwards. Nice to meet you - I am from the Write Campaign.
ReplyDeleteGood for you Juliana! I sadly slop ot down and clean the mess up later:)
ReplyDeleteI set daily word count goals when I'm going full force on a novel, but I think you need to do what feels right for the project. Some are more emotionally exhausting than others. Some require more pondering time. Good luck!
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I'm more quality. My first novel was all about quantity and how many words I could get out. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIf I focus on quality in the first draft, nothing gets finished. To stop self-editing when I'm writing was hard for me, but I've finished way more since I learned to say, "I can fix that later."
ReplyDeleteDo what works for you! I don't like to push writing because when I do it is awful. Quality matters most because I don't like, okay I HATE, revisions. There I said it. *looking upwards for the lightening bolt*
ReplyDeleteIt's quality for me. 250, 500 or 2000 words, I have to feel good about what I wrote on any day.I've never understood the "quantity" thing. I'll bet a good deal of it ends up in the bit bucket if it ever gets picked up by a Pub.. Glad to hear someone else feels the same way!
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