The chronicles word counter!

Markida said:
Novel: The Myth of the Esteril
Genre: Fantasy (Epic)
Word count: 63, 062
Status: Active. Aiming for at least 80, 000 words in total, but hopefully more, and want it finished by the end of the year.
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Unfortunately I've done a bit of editing recently which has actually brought my word count down :(
Now stands at 62, 252
 
Ugh...haven't done much writing in the past couple of days, as yesterday I wasn't feeling well and today I've been busy. Still, did a little writing, which is better than none!

So, before: 61,105
Now it's (da da da!): 61,490
 
Culhwch said:
Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 12 008
Status: Active
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Novel: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy (Epic/Dynastical)
Word Count: 14 448
Status: Active

I'm aiming for and mostly hitting around five hundred words a day at the moment, though I haven't been updating nearly so often...
 
HoopyFrood said:
Ugh...haven't done much writing in the past couple of days, as yesterday I wasn't feeling well and today I've been busy. Still, did a little writing, which is better than none!

So, before: 61,105
Now it's (da da da!): 61,490
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I decided to skip ahead with my story and write a bit that I've had planned for a while and have been eager to write. Now it's a-rocking and a-rolling and should hopefully keep me going for a while!

Update: 63,051
 
My writing isn't going as smoothly as I'd like, while typing on the laptop, so I'm going back to the old handwriting stand-by. So I won't be updating as regularly (probably not until I copy up the sections that I write and gods' know when I'll do that!) My current word count is: 63,468
 
Gods, I could never handwrite, my hand cramps up after only a few minutes. Though I get bogged down with the immediate changeability of Word. I used to have a typewriter, which was good. Might have to fetch it from my folk's place.

I've failed my target, having added a grand total of about fifty words to my WiP in the past two or three days. Grrr...
 
It's strange how much more easy the words flow when I write by hand...when I was typing on the laptop, I'd sit, struggling to type 500 words all night...last night I wrote 500 words in about half an hour, and, if I may be so bold, it was better prose than what I write on Word. I don't know why it's like that, but if it works I guess I'll stick with it!
 
That's great hoopy. I used to write alot by hand until someone invented the word processor and I actually bought one. I miss all those balls of paper that used to mount up in the corner. LOL.
New word count zero. Edit count alot. Caught up with an article I have to get out for a mag. 3000 words Done! Edited two pieces for members of my writer's critique group. Took about 5 hours and up till 2.30 am this morning *ouch*
 
Hi, I thoughtI'd join in with this as well, hopefully it'll help me get my butt into gear.lol

Novel: Untitled
Genre: fantasy/adventure
Word count: 7,342.
Status: In progress(aiming for about 500 words per day atm).

I'm off to write a bit more now, I'll be away for a few days next week, and might not be able to write, so I'll have some catching up to do. :)
 
Can't say it made a whole lot of forward progress on the logical story. barely a thousand words. Must try and start before 10PM at some point.

Story: The Academy
Genre: Science Fiction
Count: 63099
Status: Growing

On the other hand, the excerpts file for ideas and ready blocks now stands with 10 stories and 19909 words
 
Alright, since I want to make progress with my stories - after a too long hiatus - I'll give the numbers for my two main works. For now, this is mostly for me to get back into the swing of things. Later on, I might ask to be nagged...

Story: Sternenlicht - Hoffnung in der Finsternis (Starlight - Hope in Darkness)
Genre: Fantasy
Count: 4.426 words (pitiful... *cries*)
Progress: Chapter 1 finished, chapter 2 started

Story: Amazonen - Sie kamen über die Berge (Amazons - They came from beyond the mountains)
Genre: Fantasy
Count: 6.914
Progress: Chapter 1 is in revision, chapter 2 started but on hold until revisions on chapter 1 are finished.

Besides that... there's lots of random and not so random ideas. But nothing warranting mentioning here since it's all on hold to focus on the progress on the two here mentioned.

~Sira.
 
Dragonlady said:
Unfinished:
Novel: provisional title 'the Phoenix Takes Flight'
Genre: Fantasy
Word Count: 7731
Status: I'm trying to write 1000 words a day and failing miserable. Please feel free to nudge me!
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current word count 13086. I'm making more progress due to no internet access at home!
 
Not good at writing out and out flaming rows, especially if one side is trying to be controlled. The words aren't always so difficult, but trying to get over why one or other or both parties are so narked in the first place can be. So 2000 words(ish) actually hides rather more tried, tested and failed ones

Story: The Academy
Genre: Science Fiction
Count: 64979
Status: Growing

On the other hand, the excerpts file for ideas and ready blocks now stands with 11 stories and 20398 words
 
Well, I've really only got two novels in the work at the moment.

(First, my pride and glory)
Title: Sinspell
Genre: Fantasy (Though at the moment, it's dark Fantasy)
Wordcount: 73713
Status: In progress, though coming very close to the end (about 5 or 6 chapters to go).

Title: The Crippled Umbra: Book 1 (still untitled
Genre: Fantasy
Wordcount: zip
Status: It's still in the planning stages, but I've got a general plot, characters and I know it's going to be a trilogy.

Don't expect the second one to start growing until I've completed Sinspell. I'm just enjoying it too much.
 
About 2000 words on what I thought was going to be a short story. Still might be. I was watching As Good As It Gets (again), this time from the beginning for the first time, and I got one of those "but, what if ..." moments. That's usually as far as such things go, a mental exercise I can play for a few days while trying to sleep, soon to be forgotten as the plot becomes more stupid.

This time, though, I had a free week at work and was approaching Monday morning with resignation when I thought I should keep myself occupied some way - Why not actually write this one?

So it began.

It's sort of a detective story, no sci-fi, no fantasy as such so far, but a fair amount of delving into the minds of the protags. Trying to keep lessons I've learned here to the fore - don't confuse POVs, make sure you need the adjectives and adverbs (I can't bring myself to cull them completely), seek out and destroy the Passive Voice (where necessary).

Net result is a story that doesn't look like it came from a "what if" moment while watching As Good As It Gets ...:)

Hope to post something here soon. Might be up to 5000 or 8000 by the time I've finished. Hope you'll be interested when I'm done (as I say, it's not exactly skiffy or fantasy)...

Working Title: Dale Martin's Demise
 
well

finished novels :

ranmaro and the hidden secret : 120,574

ranmaro and the unknown : 217,665

thank you..

el-saher..
 
Title: Birthright (Book 1 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Wordcount: 112938
Status: On hold, requires an edit

Title: To The Rift (Book 2 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Wordcount: 106256
Status: On hold, requires an edit

Title: Darkstone (Book 3 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Wordcount: 4870
Status: In progress (very slow progress), full plan complete.

Title: Mist War (Book 4 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Wordcount: 0
Status: Not started, though overall plan complete.

Title: Untitled (Book 1 of 2)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Original Wordcount: 160271
Re-write Wordcount: 3469
Status: Requires a full re-write.

Title: Untitled (Book 2 of 2)
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Wordcount: 18459
Status: On hold awaiting book 1 re-write.

Title: Sir Horace Castel of Renport
Genre: Fantasy Short Story
Wordcount: 301
Status: In progress

OK, so it's official, I have far too much on at the moment.
 
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