For those who do not know, doing 1,000,000 words is a challenge period to write a million words for projects for books for stories for blogging for everything that creative writing can be and in to do that in 30 days is going to test yourself. Generally, when it comes to something like this, I will go with the flow there will just be ideas and writing putting it all together seeing what we have. I cannot do that here.
This is a task that will require my full focus and with everything on my docket this month that is going to be incredibly tough. So, what I have done is I actually built myself a game plan a way for me that I know I can do and get to 1,000,000 words in 30 days now the reason I have to do this. Last time I wrote about my rival, well last time I was unable to compete they decided to defend the house I represented because I had to go do schoolwork and they did so very well they did the most anyone has ever written. Unfortunately, me and them both being here now means we have to compete with each other and now that means I have to try and go for what they did because I do not know if they’re going to do it again.
Now, I have been really slow in getting the books out. I apologize. You know, there are other things I’m doing. Also, there is just that I don’t feel comfortable quite yet, but I’m working on it. We have one on board. We’re getting the rest out. The problem is there’s going to have to be 10 other book projects I need to finish during this month for me to hit 1,000,000 words. I need to do 33,000 words a day. Let’s put that in perspective need to do the following in 30 days. I need to write the equivalent of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell in 30 days. I have to write essentially the length or the equivalent of the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. That’s the four books: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. More than The Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings books. Together by the site I’m using for research, The Hobbit comes in at 95,000, Fellowship of the Ring at 177,000, The Two Towers at 143,000, and The Return of the King at 134,000. Hunger Games you have 99,100 and 1100 thousand. I have to do all that in 30 days, and granted, it’s actually going to be a little more than Lord of the Rings and The Hunger Games series together cause that’s about 850,000 words. I essentially have to write just under the length of the entire Harry Potter series in 30 days. According to Capitalize My Title, it comes in at 1,084,000 words. I have to hit a million. It took J.K. Rowling almost a decade. It’s going to have to take me 30 days. Woo
What’s the plan. Plan is this. Obviously, there’s going to be posts on the blog because this is a form of creative writing. It is something where I have to train different muscles. There are going to be at least 20 different fan fictions, so if you’re the kind that likes that sort of thing, there will be more coming in very quickly. I must write 10. separate. books. Now in game of tones. There is something where editing does count for portion of words. I will be using that. Raw writing is going to be tough to hit a million on, however, I am using a dictation machine right now, which is a reason why am I writing sounds a little different on the blog because I’m just speaking it into a microphone to save my bloody wrists.
For those who are unsure if I really do talk like this. Yes, I do. It annoys everyone that has to deal with me. A lot of people think I speak like I’m from the 1920s or 30s. No, I’m not that old. However, back to the 1,000,000 words. There is a plan, there is a way to get to this point and hopefully with the tips and tricks I have learned. The focus I’m putting towards this. A dozen or so energy drinks in my fridge to help me along. There is enough here over all of that that we are finally going to get our third victory. I hope.
If you are unused to writing for long bounds or long periods or long anything, I would suggest starting off with a little bit of fan fiction. What is fan fiction, you may ask? Is it as bad as I’ve been told? There is a bit of a stigma about it. The way I have explained fan fiction, the way I have told people to look at it is you are already invested in a series in a way of writing and description that really speaks to you. What you can do is to use that knowledge and have it kind of as a lab. Not quite a scientific lab, but a lab nonetheless, because you will be experimenting with how you, the writer, do things with values you already understand very well. This is how I think fan fiction works, especially when it comes to writers because they often have series that they read, that they love the characters, they love the settings or descriptions, or they just love how things are put together. This is a way for writers to try it, to see what’s under the hood, so to speak, if you’re a mechanic, to see the playbook a little bit better, if you’re someone who likes sports in any way. It’s a way to see how everything comes up, to make it what it is. Hence, If you like to try and push yourself riding, have a fan fiction project as well. You can do a bunch of different ones, it’s a nice little. Way of doing things where you learn but you also get stuff done and people can give you some reviews on your writing. I have a profile on fanfiction.net. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad. I think I’m kind of mid as a fan fiction writer no matter the link will be put below where you can check it out for yourself. There is a lot there and it’s all over the place.
Reflecting on how things have gone so far is where this plan has come off the rails a touch, because not being able to focus solely on this has been something that I knew would be a problem. This takes a lot of time and focus. As of right now I need to do a lot more to catch up but I have more time open in the next couple weeks so it is not so much that it is out of reach, I am a quarter of the way through the goal amount, but that means I need to do three quarters in two weeks and that will be difficult.
Stay Strong, and Keep Rolling
BigTAnderson in Portland 