Comments on: A Million Bad Words

By: Janie Bill

Janie Bill — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:02:59 +0000

I heard the rumor about having to write seven novels in order to become publishworthy. I wonder how many words picture book writers need to reach. Great stuff as usual!

By: Hillary Homzie

Hillary Homzie — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:20:27 +0000

Great post. It’s like the million word march. You’ve got to get those bad words marching and out of your system!

By: Max Cool

Max Cool — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:09:02 +0000

But I don’t like to swear.

By: Kidlit.com · Dealing With Rejection

Kidlit.com · Dealing With Rejection — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:32:54 +0000

[...] hours, or 10 years, to achieve mastery in your chosen field or craft. Other writers say it takes 1,000,000 bad words. Most of the published writers I know say it took them about a decade to get their first book [...]

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:41:15 +0000

I’m so glad I found this today. I have been feeling so bad about the crap I’ve been writing and wondering why I can’t just stick to one story idea, already. I just vented about it in a blog post and then saw this. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post!

By: lyga

lyga — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:42:33 +0000

[...] City – Gintra-Universitetas 2:0. Author: fcsiauliai. Tags: Glasgow City Gintra-Universitetas 2:0 …Kidlit.com · A Million Bad WordsA place for people who love, read and write children’s literature. … I’ve heard it personally from [...]

By: 52 Faces

52 Faces — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:10:55 +0000

Bane and Karen – yes! After NaNo finally got me to finish novels, I now have an inability to write much more than 50,000 words. I fear my novels are too short, but – luckily – I write YA.

Heather – I too have a YA manuscript (my first ever) that has been around for about ten years now. This is draft 7 or 8 (ish) and it’s finally going somewhere past page 50. LOVE that mantra “good writing is lots of writing”

By: Heather Ezell

Heather Ezell — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:19:56 +0000

This is such a wise, zero bull shit entry. I think I’ll refer all of my writing friends to it whenever they ask for assistance!

I’ve been working on my first YA manuscript for five years now – plowing through about twelve different drafts in deep, gut churning revisions. Only NOW after sauntering through millions of bad, dull words is my manuscript starting to appear like something publishable.

My mantra towards the craft is that good writing is lots of writing. Lots and lots and lots of writing and editing and cutting and tweaking. Revisions are my best friend.

Thank you for the inspiring blog post!

By: Kidlit.com · Growing a Thicker Skin

Kidlit.com · Growing a Thicker Skin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:55:25 +0000

[...] Writers are sensitive beings. I say some pretty harsh things. Like that you’ve got to write a million bad words before you can start writing seriously. Or that getting published is easy, if you’re good. [...]

By: Candy Arkell

Candy Arkell — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:26:24 +0000

Oh, and forgive me for adding this quote I just rediscovered, by Elie Weisel: “There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don’t see them.”