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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abulia" data-source="post: 1807782" data-attributes="member: 8162">I disagree with this advice.If you write at the reasonable pace of 500 words per hour, those 18 hours will generate 9K words a week. In two months you'll have 72K words, within the realm of a novel. With that said, there's merit in having an established daily schedule as "two" suggests for your writing. For those keeping score at home, 500 words at 10 point w/ 1" square margins, is roughly one typewritten "page." (Bah. See my comments later regarding writing "pages.")The open call clearly states they want to see your first draft provided you "win"; not a polished final draft. I would make those first three chapters shine, however. So, by all means, spend your time on that material. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm going to call you out on this; no author that I know of discusses work in term of "pages per hour." It isn't an accurate measurement of production. It's all about word count, word count, and word count. Find out what your writing pace is, in words per hour, and then shoot for 60 to 90K. Make a schedule to hit that target.No you don't! LOL! They want the first draft, not a final draft upon acceptance (i.e. "winning"). You should re-read the submission guidelines.I'd like to recommend a book I picked up the other day on a whim, The Modern Library Writer's Workshop : A Guide to the Craft of Fiction by Stephen Koch. The book is clearly directed at first-time authors but it has good advice, I feel, for any author, especially inspiration for writing. The first few chapters really help light a fire under you. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375755586/qid=1097856968/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/002-2836109-0015220?v=glance&s=books&n=507846" target="_blank">Link</a>)I only mention Mr. Koch's book because I abhor most of these types of products and this is the first one that really hit home with me. Take that for what you will. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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