1.5 million by 50?
Apr. 5th, 2025 07:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
artemisdartI'll be turning 50 in about 11 weeks. It just occurred to me that if I focus, I might just be able to hit 1.5 million words posted on AO3 by that deadline.
My current wordcount: 1,381,973
That's a difference of 118,027, or 10,729 words a week over 11 weeks. That's a lot.
I've put out that much in the past, it's true -- although not week after week for 11 weeks in a row.
Since all of these numbers and deadlines are merely arbitrary, I've decided not to attempt this as an overt goal. Of course, if it happens, that would be pretty cool. But no one is forcing me to write almost 11K words a week. That's probably 3 good solid sessions of writing time each and every week, and I can usually only manage 1 or 2, because I have other real life responsibilities to take care of, not just writing!
My current wordcount: 1,381,973
That's a difference of 118,027, or 10,729 words a week over 11 weeks. That's a lot.
I've put out that much in the past, it's true -- although not week after week for 11 weeks in a row.
Since all of these numbers and deadlines are merely arbitrary, I've decided not to attempt this as an overt goal. Of course, if it happens, that would be pretty cool. But no one is forcing me to write almost 11K words a week. That's probably 3 good solid sessions of writing time each and every week, and I can usually only manage 1 or 2, because I have other real life responsibilities to take care of, not just writing!
