tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934274044361434025.post1715481268578207233..comments2024-02-07T09:24:42.073-08:00Comments on Dan Absalonson | Author of SciFi & Fantasy: Huge Word Count Days RememberedDan Absalonsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098793795514654455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934274044361434025.post-64409735454015193102012-12-07T14:53:41.301-08:002012-12-07T14:53:41.301-08:00Laith, that's amazing! I hope to have a 7K day...Laith, that's amazing! I hope to have a 7K day someday! I bet that was a rush. You should be very proud! Thanks for your awesome comment!Dan Absalonsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098793795514654455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934274044361434025.post-37187846197832850722012-12-07T13:12:59.687-08:002012-12-07T13:12:59.687-08:00Hey Dan,
I had a number of productive days this y...Hey Dan,<br /><br />I had a number of productive days this year. I had a 3k and 3.5k(I think)<br /><br />On the final day of NaNo I managed to break 7k by midnight, when I started the day I would have needed a Standard Lowell to win. But I'm still really proud of that 7k :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934274044361434025.post-50378511302794797112012-12-03T23:08:05.145-08:002012-12-03T23:08:05.145-08:00Wow Jay! That is so awesome! That would have been ...Wow Jay! That is so awesome! That would have been like a writers high afterwards. I'm really excited to read Of Gnomes and Dwarves someday. Thanks for the comments! I'm so glad you shared that awesome story.Dan Absalonsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098793795514654455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934274044361434025.post-29525438825929104782012-12-03T14:44:52.853-08:002012-12-03T14:44:52.853-08:00I don't recall the daily word counts, but I do...I don't recall the daily word counts, but I do recall the book I wrote.<br />It was in 1999. I had finished (finally) writing Of Gnomes and Dwarves Book 1 after 10 years of fighting and editing, and editing, and revising, and rewriting, etc. I had the plot outline for book 2. I had written it as a comic book script (just like book 1) and I was bond and determined to write book 2 better than book 1.<br />I was at a training class for the week. I drove up on Sunday afternoon and had all night to just sit in a hotel room. I wrote all night until around midnight.<br />I was used to getting up at 5am so I was up, showered and ready to go to class around 5:30am. The class didn't start until 9am and was less than 5 minutes away. I wrote until 8:30am, went to my class with my laptop (didn't want to leave that in the classroom). I wrote during my lunch hour which was normally a lunch hour and a half. A 4pm we called it a day each day. I'd have dinner and write some more. Call the wife, and write until midnight.<br />I did this the entire week and being that I'd already written the book as a heavily detailed outline, the words flowed from my fingertips.<br />On Friday morning I finished off book 2 around 61,000 words.<br />I don't know how I managed it and I've never had a repeat performance. But yeah, it's an awesome feeling when you truly get into flow and the words actually write themselves. It's like you have no control anymore and you just watch as things happen.JRMurdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03380300117103214885noreply@blogger.com