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1 MILLION WORDS IN A YEAR (MILWORDY) // week 1 writing vlog!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2020
- Between writing short stories, starting the final Meridian Maps book, moving, and finding a dog, here's how the first week of trying to write 1,000,000 words in a year went for me! ☀️
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'I think I could probably get by off of enthusiasm alone.' - the famous last words of every writer ever.
So true
Kate: Writes all day, gives herself essays to write, reads, works out, takes the dog for a walk and sleeps early.
Me: Gets a drink, opens the laptop, drinks the drink, closes the laptop, heads to sleep.
Manvel Levonyan Same.
dont @ me like that 😂😭
okay but why is this me hahah
Don't forget... makes videos.
u're not alone!
If you write a million words in one year, you will have the respect of every author in the world. :)
"I don't need more coffee, but do I want more coffee?" The answer is always YES!
I loved how chill you were when saying "I think I panicked a little bit", that is definitely the right way to tackle it, I should try it someday bwahahaha
Good luck to everyone doing Milwordy, but also... ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? 😂
Yes. I am at least.
I am doing 10,000 words a week for two weeks then one week off (so about 2000 words a day on writing weeks)
Perhaps, yes
watching Kate before my online school calls is my smartest form of self care. she makes it impossible to be anxious during her videos!!
I live in India, and it's almost the same weather here, except it's evening. I've come up to the terrace to enjoy the Writer's Weather 😍🌇
@Gayatri Sharma Yes! Good luck with your progress!!
It's weird how attached I am to Meridian Maps without having read them....
Same, I'm pretty sure I'm not really even her target audience but I'm definitely going to read these.
I just started watching Kate so I feel like I am missing something, what is Meridian Maps? is that a novel series she's writing? What is it about?!
my faviorte writting weather is rainy it is amazing
Ditto. And Fall is my season!
yes!! 100% Its been so rainy where I live and i am LIVING for it
Boyfriend bought a house, same here :D But we've been renovating for over 6 months now, it's over 100 years old and we've been doing most things ourselves :D Just a couple of weeks left though, today we're getting running WARM water, so planning a shower there - and some writing :)
2:55 There are non-coffee days? I don’- I don’t understand.
😂😂
You're so together with your life… that in and of itself is inspiring.
I think week one went really well, I was pretty happy with it but yeah, I ended up counting a lot more words in a lot more places lol. I keep having to remind myself that it's going to be a whole year so its okay to be kind to myself when I'm having a bad writing day and that every word counts towards this giant goal. Which I did decide to up it from a half million to the full thing. Also, I started rereading my first finished draft and I've had so many ideas and thoughts occur to me and not just for that book but the series as a whole and I am so excited for it!!
On another note, I think it was me. I remember just replying to the email with my word so uh yeah. Good luck painting the house and congrats on the move!
Have you ever shared a template of your spreadsheet cos the nerd in me just went 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I did Milwordy in 2016 by accident! ...Writing entirely fanfiction. And that was also when I finished most of my long fics. I was going to do it this year, but between Covid and health problems I've uhhhh fallen behind. I'm on track to write 750,000 words this year, though. So that's something! Go Kate!
You got off to a great start! I’m hoping enthusiasm will carry me through, but in the mean time, I’m trying to get ahead so I can take days off in the future. Good luck with the house!
i was wondering if milwordy could be like a fun goal for me. then I checked how many words a month that comes down to, and noped out 😅
i wish you the best of luck
Actually, some folks *have* done a million in a month - so it’s mind-blowing but not impossible. I know of at least two successes and several other attempts. NaNo user Kateness blogged her million word NaNo in 2009 and I read through those posts again every couple years to inspire/horrify myself.
H... how?? If you only slept for six hours a day and never took anymore breaks, you’d need to write 1851 words an hour, every hour. That’s so much!
She blogged about it here: kateness.wordpress.com/category/nanowrimo-09/ But the tl;dr is that yes, she pretty much did nothing but write for 30 days (and started with a 50k day one to give herself some extra padding, and had outlines for everything before she started, and was already a high-output writer). And the writing wasn't even crap. I read several scenes from it and remember thinking "Yep, this feels like a perfectly normal first draft."
The 1,800/hour part I can do -- that's pretty close to my cruising speed on a marathon day (two 15 min sprints at ~900 each, one 5 min break, one 20 min break, repeat all day). It's the sheer number of hours at the keyboard that I can't imagine. I hit the wall at 6 hours of writing in a day and completely max out at 10 hours. If I tried to do that for 30 consecutive days, I'd be a gibbering mess by the end.
Yay! a new vlog! Milwordy is going well. Do we have to sign up for Discord to follow you there? (Elderly brains need to know. LOL) You are amazing. All this energy and organization !!! You are on your way. Did you know that many indie publishers advise newbies to get their series ready before launching, then launch 5 in a row? When you put MM up, It will take off! You’ll see. You’re doing great. Good luck with the move. Cyber hugs.
Yep, you’d need an account- I think her server is also patreon only, too. But discord is sort of like a Skype-style messaging platform, so you need an account
@@charley_warlzz Thank you! :D
I love that you're in Texas too! It's cool to watch your videos and when you talk about the weather, I'm like, yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about! I'm up Dallas way so not too different than down your way! Good luck and Happy Writing on your Millwordy challenge!
As someone who's also in Texas I agree.
hahah me too! I'm in oklahoma so one step up haha but yall's weather tends to push on up to us
I’m an underwriter too... it’s something I’ve really been working on because it’s hard for me to go back and add more words without it seeming forced... I just got scrivener, so I’m working on getting all my projects organized and started... I’m excited for milwordy updates!
"Doable [LIFE]-long experiment" YESSS
Suddenly I am reminded of the days back in 2012 when I used Word and would write 5,000 words and forget to save. Then I open the document and cry.
So glad autosave is a thing. Lol.
Been off the writing game a bit BUT IM BACK! About to binge all the vids I have missed. Also tempted to join in Milwordy even if it kills me 😂😂😂😍😍😍😍
Great video as always!
ah thanks for this vid! it's really encouraging watching these!!
a few days ago i realized that while working on draft 2 that i could outline/draft as i went, then watched another one of your vlogs and you were talking about doing something similar, i felt validated haha.
Duke is so cute, my last doggie was a chocolate lab too.
(omg i spotted my name during one of the sprintsss, haha)
good luck with the move!
Dig the videos, KC! I'm curious if you've ever thought about switching how you frame your daily writing goals up - writing for words instead of time? One thing I've noticed is that I do all my best / most productive drafting by the word (ie: hit X words per day) and all my editing by time (I hate editing and it's more about getting it right than just headbutting through word counts). An added bonus is that you can work to increase your work count per session, whereas if you write by time, you're a bit hamstrung by, like, the finite nature of time.
You boosting my writing motivation is my favorite thing. And now I may or may not be planning on doing the Milwordy challenge, despite only having one (1) finished project on my laptop so far 😂
That angle of writing around the 8 and half minute mark....🤣🤣🤣 I could not do that. I would definitely get hit in the face with my laptop.
Thanks for the shout out, Kate. Not doing #Milwordy but super excited to watch everyone's journey.
Week one of full Milwordy did not go to plan...working hard in week two to catch up. I’m going to miss Duke in your videos once you move. 💜
This was such a great start to milwordy!! I can't wait to watch your progress for a whole year!
I started with you on Sep 1st and at the time it sounded like such a good idea... now I’m just terrified 😂
I am so proud! You have been writing and working so hard! You have really come a long way and I inspire to work as hard as you!
Packing wouldn't be so stressful without these "What is this? Is this my stuff? Why did I keep this?"-moments.... 😅
1 million words is doing NaNoWriMo succesfully TWENTY TIMES.
Nanowrimo is already hard enough on it's own lol
Thinking about it though, if you write 5 days a week you need about 4000 words per day to give yourself a little buffer for sick days or self care days beyond the weekend.
If you write 6 days a week, you wind up needing 3400 words per day and you have approximately 13 additional days (beyond your weekly day off) to use as you see fit.
I’m moving into a new house too, so my half-milwordy isn’t going great this week either! But I’ll catch up!!
Not doing Milwordy, mostly because I don't have that kind of drive and plus most of my projects are in the editing stages, but I am rooting for everyone that is attempting it. Especially you who is doing milwordy and moving and all those other projects. You have inspired me to download a word trackers and mark down how many words I write in a year. Just out of curiosity.
You’re doing better than I have so far! Hopefully I can make a lot more progress this week!
So excited for this experiment!! Thanks Kate!!
I have that same lion king mug! 25:10
OMG! SO EXCITED. Waiting for week 2!!!! A million words a year is like..... WHAT?! I hope you acheive your goal. I'm really excited. I was really like shook how productive you are. The average amount of time I write a day is like 2 minutes.... or above sometimes. I never got to even 10,000 words. But, today, I wrote 10,000 words but, my word document didnt save. I HATE THIS. I dont even remember the script now. Anyway, hope you get to a million words in a year!!!!
Love a good writing session in the rain. Had some of that here in Massachusetts yesterday
Week one was good. Got more done than I was planning one - the digital detox I took last weekend definitely helped with the writing. No adjustments so far, even though I didn't make my writing goal a couple days. My epiphany was that one day I finished writing for the night, came back the next morning and realized I had ended the scene about 50 words from where I wanted it to end
heck, this is some writing goal!!! well done!
The moment the audio cut to the drive-thru I knew you were in Cane's! My hubby and I love Cane's, and we ALWAYS get extra sauce and scoff when they ask if we need any ketchup. In the wise words from Clueless: AS IF!
Congrats on the new house!! (And yay for milwordy, which I can’t even imagine to be honest!!)
I feel the panic of starting the thing VERY STRONGLY
I also download the passion planner PDFs and they have been great in getting my brain together! Like it feels so weird!
Always coffee. I am super behind too, but I feel better knowing others are behind too. Ha ha
Also, when I realized I couldn’t click on that link in the email, I replied to you and gave you my word! 😁😁 So excited!
I love Duke ♥ also this is super inspirational. I'm tempted to try this but maybe with a smaller goal so I can digest it a little better!
I'm so excited to see how you do! Good luck! Maybe I'll try this one year! (not this year... but someday 😆)
AhhHH Kate you've convinced me to do Milwordy with you! I'll be counting in all my university assignments, along with my fiction and blogging. i'll start it on Monday! We'll see how it goes...!
I'm in your vlog! Also, I have no idea why you said Elphaba but I got so excited! Yay! You picked mailerlite!
Okay I haven't signed up for Milwordy, but I want to be part of that newsletter!
Having your videos on as I write is helping me SO much!! Also: I see grapefry!! :D
I’ve been wondering what all the painting and moving things on Instagram stories was! I hope you enjoy the new house!
i want to say thank you for inspiring me to write i am know working on a short story and my first book my short story is called Coffin Cafe and my book is called The Monster Inside Me you have inspired me start something i didn't even know i could do so thank you you are amazing.
I just found your channel i am in love with it you are my inspiration. 😌❤🙌
Oh Kate, if only I could have gotten the word count you got 😔😔 I'm doing the full Milwordy but the way things are looking after these first two weeks it's not looking so good... But as you so wonderfully pointed out, I have the whole year 😊 Love this video, love seeing the dogs 😍😍 and congratulations on the move! Take care Kate ❤️❤️
I'm doing a slightly smaller goal of 500,000. The good news is that by reading some stuff to remind myself of where I'm going and allowing myself to count all of that I got ahead which is keeping my stress level down at least for now. I've also decided to count things I type in comments to encourage myself to interact with people even if it is just in the comments on CZcams as I'm a bit on the shy side.
Just saw this video on 11-30-21 so decided I will try mil wordy for 2022, starting 1-1-22 I will try writing 3000 words per day, already doing 2500 so just a little more effort and lined up projects to make that many words. Will spend December on current projects and plotting projects for 2022--seems doable
I’m not participating in milwordy, but I am prepping for NaNo 2020. Today I went back and watched the kickoff that I missed and did all the word sprints! I think I would rather have some draft going into nano this year since covid has put me in a weird head space.
Wow congratulations on the house! I wonder where you’ll be when you hit a million
6 figure authors is the best podcast!
Good luck with the move! I'm jealous, I love moving, and packing, and unpacking and organizing all my stuff ... it's been 1,5 years since I moved last, too long! XD Although I love our apartment ...
Anyway, falling behind now is not the end of the world, you've got so much time to catch up :D
You are so brave! I've always wanted to try this challenge, and Im not scared of big commitment... just a long one lol
The kickoff stream was a lot of fun!
I strained my wrist a few days ago though, so I’ve been pretty slow getting words in. I’m already so far behind 😅
I can't do Millwordy because I'm still in High School and don't have the time but I did have a big epiphany on my Project BloodPoint yesterday and figured out where the first book ends and second book starts! I love your videos btw also lol
I need that coffee, too. It's the only way I can think creatively.
Her then: stop me from doing anything crazy from now on!
Me: ok.
Her now: I'm doing millwordy!
Me: *blindly following in her footsteps*
Oh man. I'm moving apartments, and it's so much stress and work. I dread the day when I move into a house and have to add reno to the move.
Thanks for the Six Figure Authors rec! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Wait, now I get it. MILlion WORDs a Year. MILWORDY, now I get it!!!
Im so excited for you Kate but my goal is to actually finish the 1 or even maybe 0 draft :(
I thought this was going to be a piece of cake. I write for a living, so I've been counting all my work. Turns out it doesn't add up to as many words as I thought. Hope next week'll be better.
Does anyone know what type of journal she is using for her to-do list and daily breakdown? The one at 12:01
Week 1 went a lot better than week 2 for me. Mostly because I could invest a lot of time into pure First Draft words, which requires less thinking for me than outline or braindump words so I could do more. I finished my 1st draft though, so Outlining is a lot slower for me because I need to think and re-think more. Also, I had to do some self-inflicted extra work because I was being stupid.
But I did have some story epiphanies! Some fun plot twists (which I need to add foreshadowing and all to the draft when I edit it)! A few ideas for short stories! A few ideas for blogs! So yeah, I will continue onwards.
I struggle to write with school and living with my boyfriend. How I wish I could just write full time but I know i'll procrastinate most of the day.
And also, is there any possibility that you could share the milwordy spreadsheet. It looked so organized and clean and I need something like it to keep track 🥺
I forgot about Milwordy until last night and retrospectively went back through my one medium article and one newsletter for words... at about 900 for ten days so thats... suboptiomal :P
I love Mailerlite having moved from MailChimp 2 years ago, but there are still things you have to know :)
I am SO PUMPED for this. The idea is crazy, but lets be honest.. us writers are always crazy ahah
To write a million words a month youd need to write 1388 words per hour for 24h straight. Just letting u know i did the math...
Ummm ... nope.
Jacquelin Elizabeth they’re correct, actually. A million words a month is a lot
@@charley_warlzz I think she was saying nope as in no way would she ever try to write a million words in a month, not saying that the math was incorrect lol
Sara D ohhhh whoops 😂 I shouldn’t write comments at 2am :p
@@charley_warlzz Hahahaha! It happens lol
Not me thinking this was a (new) update and like wait, puppers (Checks date)
Hello comment section! Dose anyone know what writing program Kate uses? I am in my Sophomore year of High School and was thinking about writing some short fiction/scifi stories. Any help would be very helpful. Thanks and good luck Kate and You on your writing journey.
"A million words in a month" gurrrl people have done that during NaNo. I forgot what the numbers are to actually do that but in theory it is possible. Those are the people that I lowkey doubt but at the same it's like, 'you go you funky little writing machine.'
I'm now forever going to use funky little writing machine to compliment others bahahahah
I too am behind where I'd like to be by a lot more than I'd want to be TBH But you cant always contol chronic pain issues. I did think ahead and give myself about 8 days a month for days off to deal with pain or for whatever other reason. So I guess in reality Im not behind but still lol Congrats on the move I hope the reno is smooth. Keep in mind this is a YEAR long marathon not a one month sprint. You got this, I believe in you! (this goes for anyone who needs to hear it)
Duke is the same age as our dog, Mady. She will also be 14 in December
Pretty much, for about half of this past year, I've been writing fanfiction/original fanfiction on and off. Well, after seeing this video, I decided to collect all of my google docs into one document. I've only written 200,000 words and none of the twenty-some fics are complete. 😂😂😂
Well, now it's the new year, should I give it a try?
How long would you recommend a writing sprint be, if your writing to a one-word prompt?
Hi Kate! 2 questions: is it too late to join in on Milwordy? and do you have a link for the passion planner you're using and the printable sheets? Your link in the description seems to just go to a standard dot grid journal, Thank you in advance. I enjoy your videos! Writing in San Antonio...
Ooh, I’m excited that there’s gonna be milwordy vlogs 😊 But now I want cheese bread 😅
THIS IS SO COOL!
My milwordy got off to a rough start but I’m picking up steam as the days go on.
I am trying for the 1/4 Milwordy since I lost 6 weeks already in the hospital and I am way behind even for the 1/4 milwordy at this point.
Loving these COMMENTS!! Go, Kate fans!! 🤣
I started to write my million words in a year in January, and so far I have 728k words. Next month during nano I will hopefully get the rest of the needed words for the million, that in December I can just write one more 50k/month, as that is the lowest monthly wordcount all year for me.
Hey @KateCavanaugh how can I subscribe to your awesome newsletter? I’m also doing milwordy and trying to complete an epic fantasy trilogy! Would love some solidarity and keeping up with y’all!!! ❤️
I know you want to keep some things private but are you gonna give us a house tour once your done? Oh and are you not going to film while moving? Just to be clear, I was a little confused
I would love your thoughts on short stories. Like, what your process is for those VS novels. I have a really hard time with short stories, so I'm curious how others do them who also write longer things. :)
have you done any videos where you're editing or rewriting or writing the final draft? that would be great (edit) duh! just watched that part of your video now