How many words did you do in 2012? In other words, how big an increase would meeting this goal be?
What are non-fiction "sourcebooks"?MPTPGV said:I'm with you. I've got more than 100K words planned out for this month alone more than a dozen erotic stories, meanwhile my novel is coming out, and I'm publishing six non-fiction book--all branded and part of a series. My goals slightly bigger and I'm happy I'm not the only crazy person on this board. My aim is 12 Novels, 60 Erotic stories between 5 and 20 thousand words, 30 to 40 non-fiction sourcebooks between 10 to 20 thousand words and 3 non fiction books at 50 to 70 thousands words. All together 1.5 to 2 million words. I've always been accused of being ambitious. In seven days with the new writing system I've found by Rachel Aaron 2k to 10k, I can produce in 8 hours roughly 15 to 17 thousand words, and I can do that day in and day out, with multiple short books--did 76 thousand words in those seven days.
I'm very excited about this year. I've studied branding, marketing, and web design. I'm just going to write, edit, and market everything I can until I've written everything I have to say.
A sourcebook is a term I've heard in the internet marketing niche. It's books that pull together a bunch of quick and clear information in usually under 100 pages. They're non-fiction books that skip all the storytelling. They're becoming a bit popular, because people don't have time to read 400 pages of the Wheat Belly or 350 pages on The Atkins Diet, they want to know what do, what are some tricks to enhance it.PamelaKelley said:What are non-fiction "sourcebooks"?
Why?intoanna said:With less than two hours to go till midnight here in the UK I've decided on my targets for next year.
I have spent the last 2 months reading the boards and procrastinating but I really need to get my *ss in to gear and get working!
I've begun no less (and probably a few more) than thirty ideas since I left my full time job in October. This ranges from erotica to YA to mysteries. I've started short stories, novellas and novels and I've finished exactly NOTHING.
So 2013 is the year that I have promised myself to get organised and get (self) published.
I've set myself what might look like an outrageous target but I'm confident and I'm going to give it my best shot.
1,000,000 Words published
100,000 Downloads
10,000 Sales
Rather than bore you all with the finer details of my progress I'm going to keep the tears and tantrums to my horrendously neglected blog but add to this thread periodically for those who are interested.
Wish me lots and lots of luck.
My blog by the way is intoanna.blogspot.co.uk
For me, it's an accomplishment of getting my mind to work that fast. Writing is a solitary activity and stories come easy for me. though I struggle sometimes to create active prose, this is always in the rewrite phase. For me writing and publishing millions of words in a single year would be the ultimate rush. Mash production at it's finest. Also, I have over 200 hundred outlines for erotic stories. I have over 200 outlines for novels under three names. I have 5 Serials outlined from season one to season 5 or 7 in some cases for 3 pen names.DarkScribe said:Why?
Why make the word count the most dominant criterion? It is meaningless in and of itself. Only the quality of a person's writing matters, not the quantity. I have never understood people who relate output - by word count - to prowess or creativity as a writer. Why not aim to make every word you write the best it can be and ignore the word tally? That would be far more likely to bring success. A word count has no meaningful value, not from the point of view of establishing yourself as a writer, nor as a road to commercial success.
I did not suggest that fast writing automatically translates to poor writing. I write very quickly - it is how I make my living. When I write I worry about the word count for one reason only - layout.MPTPGV said:For me, it's an accomplishment of getting my mind to work that fast. Writing is a solitary activity and stories come easy for me. though I struggle sometimes to create active prose, this is always in the rewrite phase. For me writing and publishing millions of words in a single year would be the ultimate rush. Mash production at it's finest. Also, I have over 200 hundred outlines for erotic stories. I have over 200 outlines for novels under three names. I have 5 Serials outlined from season one to season 5 or 7 in some cases for 3 pen names.
Parts of my millions of words will go to blog posts, articles, press releases, all in an effort to promote my work digitally. Not to mention emails to blogs. youtube videos and more.
I'm determined to make this my year, which means putting all my effort into it. Writing fast doesn't mean taht you write badly. Nora Robberts had years where she put out 12 novels in a single year. James Patterson is producing 13 novels or something like that this year according to Brian Williams. The fact is that Quality Quantity is the new thing to massive success. The freebies won't be nearly as powerful as they were even six months ago, forget two years ago.
Also, my original teachers were published romance authors, who would produce 7 or 8 books in a year, and write a million words a year that were published.