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9000 words over the weekend...

Steerpike

Felis amatus
Moderator
I was pretty happy with it. Went up to the mountains and stayed in a cabin with no internet connection and no cell phone signal. That helped. Some of the words were written from the spot where I took this picture:

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CupofJoe

Myth Weaver
Congrats!
For the writing and the location.
some years back Poppy Z Bright was asked for her best writing tip... "unplug the internet" was her reply
 

Sparkie

Auror
I'm planning on doing something similar this year. I have relatives who own a lakeside "summer house" in Wisconsin. No internet, no TV, nothing. Good for writing. I'll be heading up there for a week during NaNoWriMo, if I can swing it.

But 9K words in 72 hours? That's badass. Way to go, Steerpike!
 

Steerpike

Felis amatus
Moderator
Thanks, guys. Good advice from Poppy. She's a great writer, too.

And, if I do say so myself, the writing was done between about 8 AM Saturday and 5 PM Sunday :)
 

Jamber

Sage
Remarkable feat, Steerpike, and what a setting.
Oddly, I do better in noisy cafés. I'd be too tempted to fish where you took that shot!
 

Sparkie

Auror
Remarkable feat, Steerpike, and what a setting.
Oddly, I do better in noisy cafés. I'd be too tempted to fish where you took that shot!

Fishing will be my big distraction too, if it's not snowing. If it is snowing, my distraction will be snowmobiling. :D
 

Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
Okay… I was gonna resist to spare and MS members sick of me bringing up the wife and kids, but it's soooo relevant…

While I'm not sure if I can top 9K in one weekend, my record word count for a single sitting is ~6000 words in <6 hours. I typed them on December 28, 2007. I was at the Starbucks at the Queen Mary hospital in Hong Kong. What happened was my wife, who was on her 41st week carrying our first-born, told me to grab a coffee while she napped after being admitted. She said she'd call me when she woke up–or have me called if she was in labor. So I was in the middle of my first novel, had the laptop with me, and typed away. After I looked at the word count and the time, I checked my cell phone, wondering why my wife had slept so long in the afternoon. (It was evening at this point.) That's when I found out there was no reception at the hospital's Starbucks.

I live to tell the tale because my daughter was born on December 29th. I didn't bring my laptop that day.
 
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Jess A

Archmage
Epic, Steerpike and Legendary!

Sometimes a holiday is a good idea. I spent 4 weeks in China reworking an entire book and sorting out the map. I got more done there than I had in a long, long time. Probably because monsoons kept me indoors, and I didn't have to go to work.
 

Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
I spent 4 weeks in China reworking an entire book and sorting out the map. I got more done there than I had in a long, long time. Probably because monsoons kept me indoors, and I didn't have to go to work.
That's awesome! What part(s) of China were you in?

I've been to Shenzen and Kunming myself, but no Great Wall. I love Shanghai-nese food, which I had quite often when living in Hong Kong.
 

Jess A

Archmage
That's awesome! What part(s) of China were you in?

I've been to Shenzen and Kunming myself, but no Great Wall. I love Shanghai-nese food, which I had quite often when living in Hong Kong.

At the risk of going off topic...I'm going to take this conversation to private message. :)
 
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