by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n
If you write 1,000 words a day, you will write 365,000 words in a year. That is about five novels or a hundred short stories. And that requires typing words for only one hour a day.<\/strong><\/p>\n I like to read the blog of author Dean Wesley Smith<\/a>. He recently wrote about a topic that he mentions several times a year – the math of freelance writing<\/a>. It is a simple topic – write so many words an hour, multiply by the number of hours you write a day, multiply by the number of days you work a year, and there you have it.<\/p>\n Given the math, a writer can write five to ten novels a year or several hundred short stories a year.<\/p>\n What is the catch?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is not catch. Smith’s math is correct; Smith’s logic is correct. You just have to sit in a chair, put your hands on the keyboard, and pound out the words.<\/p>\n Ideas? They are everywhere. Motivation? That is up to the person. I guess that is what supports the writers from those who want to be writers. Maybe not.<\/p>\n