How Many Words can You Write?
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
October 10, 2015 9:39am CST
I was thinking about story writing, and it differs from conversational writing, which we probably write a lot of in one day on here, and how much I do currently and how much I have done in the past. In the past I could write around 10,000 words for a story in a day, if I had no other distractions that day. It's a total I could use back in the present.
How many words can you write?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
I've never heard of that. I will have to look into it and see what it's about. 
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
Well, when I have time to write, which isn't very often. But I wake up thinking about my stories, and even imagine interactions between the characters that probably won't be part of the story. When I create things, they have lives of their own and live in a world all to their own!
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
@KristenH Aren't your dreams real? Just like real life, with sensations and use of your five senses, where things feel like normal life, yet is a dream? That's how mine are.
@KristenH (33351)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
12 Oct 15
@OneOfMany Same here. My dreams are vivid and almost real-like.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Oct 15
Yes, that would put a monkey wrench into the machine! I don't type in the traditional way with the fingers on the home row, but I have learned how to type with several fingers without looking at the keyboard, and it helps out a lot. It makes it go a lot faster when typing up something to only look at the screen.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
@OneOfMany Despite having a great deal of practice over the years, I still need to look at the keyboard.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Oct 15
@Asylum I do to get started or for special characters. But if it's for simple words I can type pretty freely. It took a long time to develop a style. Funny thing is, that my left hand uses multiple fingers to type, while my right hand uses just the thumb and a finger!
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@LadyDuck (458584)
• Switzerland
11 Oct 15
@OneOfMany I took typing classes as a protest when my parents forbid me to enroll in the Architecture University... it was in 1968, a lot of problems at those times in the universities.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
@LadyDuck And from that protest you have learned something valuable. Good job! :D
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I'm no where near professional in the way I type, but it gets the job done!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Oct 15
I have issues with more than 5k in a day, although have done more now and then, really have to be on a roll for that
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
Yes, when you really want to write and your mind wants to get to a destination, bulk writing is much easier!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
Well if you use a program like Microsoft Word, it will count for you, then you just look at the total.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
10 Oct 15
My calculations say 500 words per page. So that is 20 pages. I need to break a day into hours. Normally if I were to write every day then 2 to 4 hours might be my best attention otherwise I write - much worse. What is reasonable for a page 15 minutes? I might write one page then "break" carefully before starting a new page?
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
11 Oct 15
@OneOfMany
@Asylum
I didn't get the notification for this post now that is something to write about.
That (deciding what the content will be about) might be what the break is for. It is a process but I understand getting it started is the first step. Having a plan might help but I've never been able to make one I actually follow.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
If we were going to the mind's word count it would be well over anything any of us could type!
@taramarie39 (667)
• Williamsburg, Virginia
11 Oct 15
To be honest with all the stuff I got going on here I probably won't be able to write to much if at all.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
I understand that completely. Some days I don't like to write at all because of my line up.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Oct 15
i aint ne'er counted words, e'en when i pen a book/'r novella. i jest dribble 'til i'm done.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Oct 15
@OneOfMany i fear i don't pay much mind to how many words i do, e'en though i've a word processor. i fear i'm goalless :)
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
@crazyhorseladycx Or you aren't fixated on the details, which might mean you are more carefree in life!
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
11 Oct 15
probably about 9000 if i tried it would be worth it
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Oct 15
Some people write entire short story books that are 10,000 words, and I often wonder how they fit everything in so little space! If only I could do that and get them out in the world, then I would be way ahead. :)
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
10 Oct 15
About 600 words a minute more or less
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
That's a lot of words a minute. That would be like a fast talker or a person that uses many small words. 
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
10 Oct 15
lol! it wont matter for me. I will write any without limit if i am paid well. I never ever had to write more than 5000words a day till now. In the freelancer website, i had chances for just that. But if anyone wanted to write stories or anything, I will do that at cheap rate. I hope i could barely manage 20000words.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Oct 15
I'm sure if it was for pay people would write more, but this was writing not for pay, just entertainment. 
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