The First Million Words
I remember a quote from an author I admire (but whose name I have forgotten or confounded with several others, so a citation would be appreciated), that when one is learning to write well, the first million words are practice. Now I'm actually guessing that I may well have written a million words already, but not seriously and not with the intention of polishing them enough for anyone to see.
So I'm starting over and keeping track. Only stories that gets posted somewhere, preferably after a good beta, and finished essays (not little notes like this), will count.
The count at present, since I started letting myself write again, is 33,906 words, all Doctor Who fanfiction, but as I get better at writing stories that have a beginning, middle, and end, I'll start branching out a bit into my own universes, where I don't have the luxury of a whole suite of tropes laid out for me.
Will update, mostly for myself, as I write more stuff.
Prairie
So I'm starting over and keeping track. Only stories that gets posted somewhere, preferably after a good beta, and finished essays (not little notes like this), will count.
The count at present, since I started letting myself write again, is 33,906 words, all Doctor Who fanfiction, but as I get better at writing stories that have a beginning, middle, and end, I'll start branching out a bit into my own universes, where I don't have the luxury of a whole suite of tropes laid out for me.
Will update, mostly for myself, as I write more stuff.
Prairie