I'm kind of cheating, because I write NaNoWriMo-level output every month so the word count isn't the problem; finishing the story is. I write a lot but it's all over the place, so I use NaNoWriMo to focus me on one project that I do from start to finish.
As for how, I break it up a lot because I teach full-time and can't sit down for hours. I write a bit before I get up to go to work (sometimes), on my morning commute, between classes, and then after school at Starbucks or on the commute to my gym. I find that short bursts when I know I have a time limit works really well for me, mixed with one day where I just go to Starbucks for the whole day and do as much as I can.
(I do write 1000+ words most days outside NaNo, and I've never had massively massive difficulty finishing NaNo, but your totals are just bloody impressive)
SATURDAY'S WORD COUNT (11/3): 3332 TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6883
I'm so happy I wrote "so much" today. It's been a while since I wrote something this big. Oh and it's still the prologue. Now I'm gonna start the word count for Sunday XD
SATURDAY'S WORD COUNT (11/3): 4,988 TOTAL WORD COUNT: 9,307
I passed the 5,000-today mark JUST as the clock ticked over to midnight, which is annoying. Not done for the night, anyway. I'd like to hit 10k before I go to bed.
SATURDAY'S WORD COUNT (11/3): 3,580 TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6,391
I wanted to redeem myself from yesterday, and boy did I. Again, thanks to sprints, and also thanks to being able to do an extra 30 minutes of writing (aside from the "30 minutes in the morning" I already have planned to do each day) before work this morning while waiting for an iPod software update to finish downloading. Hooray!
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Date: 2012-11-03 02:13 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 16,463
Sleeeeeeeepy
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Date: 2012-11-03 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-03 10:40 pm (UTC)As for how, I break it up a lot because I teach full-time and can't sit down for hours. I write a bit before I get up to go to work (sometimes), on my morning commute, between classes, and then after school at Starbucks or on the commute to my gym. I find that short bursts when I know I have a time limit works really well for me, mixed with one day where I just go to Starbucks for the whole day and do as much as I can.
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Date: 2012-11-03 10:47 pm (UTC)(I do write 1000+ words most days outside NaNo, and I've never had massively massive difficulty finishing NaNo, but your totals are just bloody impressive)
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Date: 2012-11-03 03:36 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 5,976
... And I still have no idea what I'm actually doing yet :|
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Date: 2012-11-03 06:15 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 5037
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Date: 2012-11-03 10:19 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6247
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Date: 2012-11-03 11:02 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6883
I'm so happy I wrote "so much" today. It's been a while since I wrote something this big. Oh and it's still the prologue. Now I'm gonna start the word count for Sunday XD
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Date: 2012-11-03 11:28 pm (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6,205
I also managed to write 2.5k of fan fiction today, so I'm pretty pleased with myself. \o/
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Date: 2012-11-04 12:02 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 9,307
I passed the 5,000-today mark JUST as the clock ticked over to midnight, which is annoying. Not done for the night, anyway. I'd like to hit 10k before I go to bed.
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Date: 2012-11-04 02:41 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 8900
Tomorrow is my first day off since NaNo started. I'm hoping to have a decent word count by the end of Monday.
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Date: 2012-11-04 03:33 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 4346
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Date: 2012-11-04 04:17 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 5030
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Date: 2012-11-04 04:26 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 10010
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Date: 2012-11-04 04:35 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 4556
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Date: 2012-11-04 04:37 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 7383
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Date: 2012-11-04 05:18 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 7628
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Date: 2012-11-04 05:25 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6,391
I wanted to redeem myself from yesterday, and boy did I. Again, thanks to sprints, and also thanks to being able to do an extra 30 minutes of writing (aside from the "30 minutes in the morning" I already have planned to do each day) before work this morning while waiting for an iPod software update to finish downloading. Hooray!
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Date: 2012-11-04 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-04 06:46 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6,191
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Date: 2012-11-05 06:22 am (UTC)TOTAL WORD COUNT: 6672