How to Finish a Novel in 4.5 Years
Monday, January 26th, 2009Ok, so it’s been a little while since I posted anything here about my novel in progress. I’ll be honest. It’s been a little while since I’ve worked on it. I think I’ve spent about three days writing this whole month.
So I looked at my last post, got out my handy calculator, and figured out how long it would take me to finish this novel if I continue at my current pace…
Today is January 26. My last post about the novel was November 4. That’s 82 days between posts. I’ll admit that I haven’t blogged every time I’ve written. But I haven’t written that much either. One chapter and about 3,000 words in 82 days.
This is where it starts to get scary. Assuming the novel will be about 30 chapters and 120,000 words, I figure I should be able to wrap things up in approximately 1,640 days, which equates to 4.5 years.
Gosh, I hope I don’t get carpal tunnel syndrome from all that typing.
Fantasy Novelist’s Progress Report:
- Consecutive days of productive writing:Â 1
- Chapters complete:Â 10
- Word Count: 38,233


