Incanus
Auror
I’ve been in ‘editing’ mode lately, focusing more on learning and improving skills than on producing heaping word counts.
That said, I’m slow at dreaming up ideas, slow at drafting, and slow at editing. I’m also a slow reader. Over the course of the last year, I’ve drafted about 60,000 words (in short stories and a novella), and revised and edited less than half of that amount. I’ve also done some development for my planned novel, but I won’t be ready to make a start on it for at least a few months. Typically, I’d say I write 5-7 days a week, 1-3 hours per session.
All this makes me feel like the proverbial tortoise.
I’m wondering: putting the question of quality aside for a moment, is this production level considered pretty poor, or inefficient? It feels like it to me.
It seems like everywhere I look, I find ‘hares’ zipping past me. Am I wasting my time? Do I need to develop my speed? Does the tortoise ever actually win the race in real life? Or only in the old legend?
That said, I’m slow at dreaming up ideas, slow at drafting, and slow at editing. I’m also a slow reader. Over the course of the last year, I’ve drafted about 60,000 words (in short stories and a novella), and revised and edited less than half of that amount. I’ve also done some development for my planned novel, but I won’t be ready to make a start on it for at least a few months. Typically, I’d say I write 5-7 days a week, 1-3 hours per session.
All this makes me feel like the proverbial tortoise.
I’m wondering: putting the question of quality aside for a moment, is this production level considered pretty poor, or inefficient? It feels like it to me.
It seems like everywhere I look, I find ‘hares’ zipping past me. Am I wasting my time? Do I need to develop my speed? Does the tortoise ever actually win the race in real life? Or only in the old legend?