TheRedChamber
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It wasn't a hard limit. If I was in the zone and had time I'd write 4000 words. Other days, I missed my target or didn't write at all. I can write 1000 words in a hour or two assuming things are flowing, but I plan out what's actually happening mentally first otherwise I'd be a lot slowerWriting 1,500 words a day is pretty ambitous. I've never come close to that. What should the next word be? (I assume you ended with a sentence, or did you just stop in the middle?) If it's a new sentence, then "The" or "He" or something like that might be inevitable.
One thing I've noticed about writing a novel is that you really have to deal with the whole 'Is this idea strong enough to actually support something this long's?' nagging at you from about a week into the process. That coupled with this NEEDS to be good so every part of it needs to be good or I've wasted my time, makes novel writing a lot more stressful?than tossing of a short story or ten.I know I've mentioned this before, but about a year before I joined Lit I was doodling around on computer. (I was recovering from surgery.) As this thing grew, I started to think "Hey, I'm a novelist!" I was a bit premature, however. I eventually used parts of it later in short stories. The beginning premise was just awful and completely improbable. I later used a version of that as a fantasy by a male character.
So that was some of my issues with writing something that long.