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║ My Prolific Writing ║
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Posted: 2025-02-15
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I have been writing 7,000 words everyday for the last 263 days, which is far higher than what a journaler is often expected to output. For reference, 2,000 words is Stephen King's personal daily output,[1] and 7,000 words per day gets us 210,000 words in one month, which is about 19% of the entire Harry Potter series (7 books) already. This means that in about 5 months, I will have written the word count equivalent of a Harry Potter series, but not necessarily the quality or weight of investment, if that can even be methodologically reliably measured.
While there is no universally applicable 'average' daily word count for all writers, a range of 500 to 1,000 words per day is often cited as a sustainable target for established writers, particularly in fields like academic writing and, for some, creative fiction. However, this is highly dependent on individual factors, the type of writing, and overall goals. Consistency and focused effort are generally considered more important than achieving a specific daily number.
[For that reason,] a daily word count of 7,000 words is highly unusual and likely unsustainable for most writers over the long term. Given that it's seven times the upper end of the commonly cited sustainable range (500-1,000 words) for established writers in many fields, it represents an exceptionally high output that would be difficult to maintain consistently without risking burnout, sacrificing quality, or dedicating an unusually large portion of the day solely to writing.
Given this, it is easy to contextualize, illustrate, and map my current circumstances onto real-life examples. However, because a mix of correct and incorrect inferences can be made, I have assessed these inferences each.
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