Everyone writes at their own pace. Stephen King sets a daily count of 2000 words, although he’s a phenom. Most writers settle for five hundred to a thousand. One of my literary heroes, Ernest Hemingway, used to say that four-thousand words was a good week. I’ve always used that as a guidepost.
That’s not to say that I always make the mark. A distracted week rife with writer’s block and wheel spinning may top out at two thousand words. A week with travel or holiday parties my be zilch. But the thing is to keep plugging. The only one who can stop you being a writer is you.
Stephen King is quoted as saying “You need to write a lot. You need to rewrite a lot. When you’re not writing or rewriting, you need to read a lot. I don’t know of any short cuts.” Good advice.
If you haven’t seen any of my podcast interviews, here’s a link to my recent chat with Joey Calvo. https://www.youtube.com/live/cdxgOtltD8Q?si=g72dsLvzUYD6vUng