Increased my output, here’s how…

 

Tips for Increasing Your Word Count
Last year, 2016 was my year of “let go”. I rearranged a lot of things including letting go of two volunteer service opportunities in order to do one single thing: INCREASE MY WORD COUNT. Yes, the goal was to do this in order to release my books closer together but I could only do that if I wrote more and wrote faster and LET GO of some obligations in order to do that. Since October, I’ve been writing, writing and more writing and I’ve tried to uncover every possible way there was that’s been beneficial to me and is actually working to move me in the right direction.
First up, at the top of my manuscript, I would put my word count. Doesn’t matter how you do this so long as you do it. Every time I opened the story I would note the word count -so whether good or bad it was in my face- see below, I’ve recorded it since October through just the second week of January this year. My goal also stares me in the face, meaning I  made 70 – 90K in big bold letters, which I hope to accomplish by March.
In addition letting go and rearranging some things, as I reviewed what I’ve been doing, I tried to evaluate changes that really made a difference in my output and examined what it was, in some instances that was affecting me when my count for the day was way down. You’ll see below, where I wrote only 156 words? Wow, all time low.