tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post8216312050718056158..comments2024-03-05T22:12:23.918-08:00Comments on Karen Woodward: A Million Words To Mastery?Karen Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-22359126472388896882014-03-14T14:34:10.812-07:002014-03-14T14:34:10.812-07:00Thanks antares, I've been researching this sub...Thanks antares, I've been researching this subject and found enough material for a (rather long!) post. In that post I mention the information you and Trevor were kind enough to contribute. If you'd like to take a look, here's the link:<br />http://blog.karenwoodward.org/2014/03/one-million-words-to-competency-who-said-it-first.html<br /><br />Thanks again. :-)Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-84020310068494532142014-03-13T06:15:12.027-07:002014-03-13T06:15:12.027-07:00My friend Jerry Pournelle advised writers to "...My friend Jerry Pournelle advised writers to "write and throw away a million words of finished material." (Byte Magazine, December 1996; updated 2007 for software and hardware changes) http://www.jerrypournelle.com/slowchange/myjob.html <br /><br />Perhaps he had the idea from David Eddings.antareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928062661776005108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-18384091184110344422014-03-12T13:31:36.402-07:002014-03-12T13:31:36.402-07:00Thanks Trevor, I did a quick Google search and fou...Thanks Trevor, I did a quick Google search and found this quotation from David Eddings: <br /><br />"Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin. That takes a while."<br /><br />I wasn't able to find where he said that, if it was in an interview or a book on writing.Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-90304110328090367482014-03-12T12:50:56.533-07:002014-03-12T12:50:56.533-07:00I believe it was David Eddings who suggested the 1...I believe it was David Eddings who suggested the 1,000,000, although he took it much farther Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515149982181558826noreply@blogger.com