Hit 50k words in my novel draft yesterday and it felt like a fluke

I was aiming for 30k by the end of the month but somehow kept writing scenes that actually connected. The number surprised me because I usually peter out around 20k on projects. Has anyone else overshot a word count goal and then worried the quality tanked?

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knight.mason14d ago

Changed my mind on this too. Used to think if I was cranking out words fast, they were probably trash. Last month I hit a flow state and wrote 4k in one sitting with almost no editing needed later.

james_singh714d ago

Used to think overshooting meant the writing got sloppy, but lately I've been noticing my best scenes come when I'm just flowing and not second-guessing every word.