At Journey’s End: The Final Quarter and 2014 Writing Summary
See the updates on the first, second and third quarters for previous data.
The Final Quarter in Statistics:
Words Written: 30,900
Overall Words Written: 150,263
Pieces of WIP: FP Narrative, Short 2, Resilience, Kindling, TFG.
Days written: 58/92
Days I Wrote the Most: Mondays
The Year Overall
Projects worked on:
I had a goal to work on a novel outside of Planes Shifter. It turns out I worked on a lot of projects in 2014:
Planes Shifter. Short Story 1. Narrative Short. Novella. Competition Entry. Short Story 2. Resilience. Kindling. The Felled Gods.
Pretty Graphs
First Quarter: 27,859 / 37,500 words
Second Quarter: 67,849 / 37,500 words
Third Quarter: 23,503 / 37,500 words
Final Quarter: 30,900 / 37,500 words
So this month I didn’t write enough; yet I completed my annual challenge thanks to a fantastic second quarter.
– 150,263/150,000 –
General Lessons
I’d hoped that a year of tracking my words would yield fantastic patterns about how I can write efficiently. But mostly, I’ve enjoyed the colours, forced myself to write rubbish for an arbitrary wordcount goal, and by the end of the year, I had a stuttered beginning to my book because I hadn’t found the flow or found much joy in the process.
I chose not to complete NaNoWriMo this year, because I’d essentially been doing it for 5 months and I couldn’t face more forced writing. I hope that having a relaxed goal of two completed novels this year will allow me to push forward for a month without burning out.
Having said this, I also learned that I can push myself to aim for a wordcount goal, and seeing the coloured charts grow is a really positive motivator for me.
These are really impressive statistics – for what you accomplished and the simple fact that you put them together! Congratulations on all your writing progress and best of luck with your more relaxed goals this year!
Thanks Kate. I work well with clear goals and deadlines, so without putting them together as I went I wouldn’t have been motivated to reach the wordcount. Good luck with your editing.