I’ll admit, his dream-like prose took some getting used to, but once I did there is nothing quite like a whimsical Gaiman novel to spirit you into another realm.Ī good day is defined by anything more than 1,500 words of comfortable, easy writing that I figure I’m probably going to use most of in the end. Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite authors. However, it is worth noting that Hemingway is a notorious perfectionist - he was well-known for methodically re-writing much of his works, so much so that he said: “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” 2. Hemingway preferred to write only in the mornings and had a word count of only 500 words a day. His philosophy certainly translated to his word count. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics.” “It wasn’t by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. He had this to say about writing in a concise manner: Right before he tragically died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Hemingway even won the prestigious Nobel Prize Award for Literature.
Well known for both his adventurous life and his succinct, economic writing style, many of Hemingway’s works are considered classics of American literature. No compilation of great writers will be complete without the inclusion of Ernest Hemingway. To quote Virginia Woolf: “Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.”įeaturing the likes of Hemingway, Mark Twain and Faulkner, this article examines the daily word counts of some of the most renowned authors to walk the face of the earth. I’ve always believed that in order to join the ranks of the greats, one should first study them. This article aims to answer these burning questions by examining the output of ten legendary writers. Is there an optimal amount to write every day? Are 2000 words too much or too little? Does it make sense for poets, bloggers and authors of speculative fiction to write the same amount as each other?
And now that I actually know how to make money from my writing, that leaves me with my original question about word count.
I asked both of these questions on a writing retreat I attended in Bali.
“How many words should I write per day?” This is perhaps the most common question an aspiring writer asks, second only to the ever-popular “so…how do you actually make money from this writing thing?”
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