Comments on: Why Do Writers Have to Do Math?

By: A Day in My Life; Reality vs. Fantasy - Author Maureen L. Bonatch

A Day in My Life; Reality vs. Fantasy - Author Maureen L. Bonatch — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 08:13:46 +0000

[…] when I’m up at my usual weekday time of 4:30 a.m. with my muse before the world is awake. The words flow onto the page like magic. I spend the morning writing new […]

By: Alina K. Field

Alina K. Field — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:23:39 +0000

I was surprised about the math for writers also! My first romance was 150K, and I was shocked when someone told me it was too long, LOL, and that I had enough material for 3 stories. That one is still under the bed. I’ll use it for kindling some day.

By: Ed Hoornaert

Ed Hoornaert — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:17:08 +0000

I have my computer count and record each day’s word total, complete with spreadsheets . . . but then, I am a math person.

By: Mary J. McCoy-Dressel

Mary J. McCoy-Dressel — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:21:40 +0000

I’m definitely not a fan of math and never have been. I count words when it matters, like for NaNo, and I try not to make a blog post too long. When it comes to a novel, I hope for around 80,000, but I’m always above that number. I try not to dwell on the word count though I try to keep it in the back of my mind. Like your characters, mine have their own ideas.

By: Kenzie Michaels

Kenzie Michaels — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 16:03:51 +0000

Adding my voice here….I hate math. Although…..I love algebra problems….solving for X….YES! But sadly, I have issues balancing my checkbook at times. Go figure…..

By: Maureen L. Bonatch

Maureen L. Bonatch — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:49:18 +0000

In reply to Meka James. That's how I love to write- letting the muse take the wheel :)

By: Maureen L. Bonatch

Maureen L. Bonatch — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:48:46 +0000

In reply to Sherry Lewis. We were all deluded with the illusion of a 'writer's life' lol. Guess the veteran writers didn't want to scare us off before we began.

By: Maureen L. Bonatch

Maureen L. Bonatch — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:48:01 +0000

In reply to peggy jaeger. I know- not sure how they came up with 50,000, lol For me it means I've got a start. Plus I lack description etc so much that I can go back through my bare bones draft and flesh it out.

By: Meka James

Meka James — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:36:40 +0000

Yep, not a fan of math either. I don’t want to count or think about that sort of thing when writing. I’m a pantser also so I rarely start my day of attempted writing with a goal in mind. Now if I’m mid-scene then I have a general idea, but still the end result is a surprise to me.

By: Sherry Lewis

Sherry Lewis — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:50:24 +0000

Math. Ugh. Add in print runs, sell-throughs, pricing questions, production costs, promotion budgets, and all that stuff, there’s WAY more math than I expected in the life of a writer.