My Personal Struggle With Slow Writing and Useful Suggestions to Improve Word-Productivity
My name is “Dave Anthony” and I’m a slow writer.
How slow you ask? Well, by the time I’ve finished writing this piece, most writers would have completed their novel, and probably a sequel to their novel. And, I’m talking about people who started writing the exact same time I started. Even George R.R. Martin would have completed at least two new books in his fantasy “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, by the time I’m done with this piece.
Yes, I’m the slowest of slow writers. I’ve watched, listened to, and read many tutorials on writing, and they all say to be prolific. Write and write a lot. Recently I watched a YouTube video on how to write a novel in two months. It’s all about planning, routine, consistency, and writing 2,000 to 3,000 words at each sit down. Full disclosure; I am working on the first three categories of that sage advice, and if I were a teacher, I’d give myself a B-minus on “planning”, “routine” and “consistency”. But the “two to three thousand words”? Probably an F is generous.
I’m just not a 2,000 to 3,000 a pop, writer. Not even in the ball park. In fact, I’m so woefully below that production, that I’m embarrassed to even say. So lean forward, I’ll whisper it into your ear. Don’t judge me…
