The Maths of Writing
How much should you write everyday? Have you ever written with the reassurance of maths behind you? Have you ever thought, if I can write x thousand words a day, and a standard-length novel is y thousand words long, then I finish mine in z weeks. Supposing you aim to write a novel about 80,000 words long, and you think you can manage 500 words between your job and walking the dog, it would take you 25 weeks to complete a first draft unless you are Isaac Asimov. This then is a measure of your daily creative output measured by numbers.
Stephen King in On Writing says he writes ten pages a day without fail…
