Went a little crazy today, and wanted to get an idea of how much I've written in my post manga InuYasha story universe:
Using the word counter at ff.net as my source, which is a little more generous than the one on my word processor, but a lot easier to wrangle for this type of stuff, if I count just my post manga universe poems, oneshots and drabbles (including a few pieces that actually happen before Kagome's return, but were written for the post manga universe, I've done
165,474 words.
If I add in Yesterday's Tomorrows, which was the start of all this stuff, really, the number goes up to:
186,772 words.
That's a lot of mostly IK stuff. My goodness. I also wrote another 55,000 words on a story for the NaNoWriMo, some revision for Evil in Men's Hearts, the revision of After the End, a few non-fanfic short stories, and lots and lots of non InuYasha poetry.
There will be at least one year in my life that I can claim I was a productive writer.
Using the word counter at ff.net as my source, which is a little more generous than the one on my word processor, but a lot easier to wrangle for this type of stuff, if I count just my post manga universe poems, oneshots and drabbles (including a few pieces that actually happen before Kagome's return, but were written for the post manga universe, I've done
165,474 words.
If I add in Yesterday's Tomorrows, which was the start of all this stuff, really, the number goes up to:
186,772 words.
That's a lot of mostly IK stuff. My goodness. I also wrote another 55,000 words on a story for the NaNoWriMo, some revision for Evil in Men's Hearts, the revision of After the End, a few non-fanfic short stories, and lots and lots of non InuYasha poetry.
There will be at least one year in my life that I can claim I was a productive writer.
- Current Location:At the writing desk
- Current Mood:
Astonished
Comments
Holy regurgitated fish paste, Sue!
You certainly have devoted a chunk of change to this universe. That's impressive on a bunch of different levels...goodness knows I've never been able to break 100K on any of my working universes, and that's actually one of my goals.
Kudos!! And am I right to assume you're nowhere near finished? Hehe :)
And to think, it's all been written non-linearly...
One day I'm going to have to name this monster.
And to think, it's all been written non-linearly...
LOL, I know!! That's the most amazing part!! Speaking from experience, that is Not. Easy. Not in the least!
But the good thing about non-linear is you can write all the 'good' parts first, and go back and fill in the rest... :D
Edited at 2009-10-08 05:47 am (UTC)
ah, the products of a fertile imagination!
Since I've read just about everything you've written that means I've read over 100,000 of your words. Cool.
It's really good practice on learning sustained writing. One of the things I've been learning this year is how to write when I don't feel motivated to write....
I also gather things that I know will help me come up with ideas. Pictures, poems, trivia, books on art, cooking, history, and other stuff are often starting points for me to come up with ideas. And if I get an idea, I start writing something. I might not complete it at the moment, but I save it and go back to it.
But I am doing short works. Knowing that there is an end in sight helps get through the momentary aversion. Now I have to put that hard-gained knowledge to work on a longer, sustained, more carefully plotted story on a regular basis.
I also find sometimes journalling to myself about what I would like to do with the piece I'm writing sometimes helps...or talking to a friend to help me focus.