On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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I finished this book in January of 2015. I perused one other creative writing novel before purchasing this on audible. I don't think anything has really ever inspired me more to actively write the stories in my head. Since January 20th, I've put 75 thousand words down in stories and completed the assignment in the book. I'm sad to find that Stephen is no longer accepting submissions, but I'm sure he's tired of reading the same story from different novice writers over and over again.

I still have a few questions however, perhaps some of you reading the blog can help me. I have a 16,600 word novella done. It's still in the "cooling" stage Stephen talks about. I'm letting it sit until I'm done with the story I'm currently writing. The bulk of my words are in the current project.

Anyway, here are my questions.

In the book Stephen says to strive for a goal of 1,000 words a day. I'm able to do this in about 40 minutes and sometimes feel restless if I don't just keep going. He does warn about trying too hard and writing too much when you first start out. Between blog posts, and my current project I can sometimes eclipse 3,000 words a day. Is this a bad thing? How long should the 1,000 word a day goal be considered acceptable?

Amazon offers completely free publishing by the looks of it. Of course the price new authors could possibly command are pennies compared to what an established author would. Does anyone have any words of wisdom regarding Amazon? Right now it looks really risk free. Perhaps I am missing something?

Thanks in advance to anyone here who decides to put forth their two cents, or 50 for that matter. This isn't the board topic for self promotion so I won't put down the link to the blog, however it shouldn't be hard to find. The entire assignment is on it.

Thanks Again.
 

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