I was unhappy with a short story I had finished and after several hours of sulking I decided to do something about it. Over the next two days, using it as reference, I rewrote the entire thing. I was even able to increase the word count by over 1K words. A lot of work but I'm much happier with the final product.

Today I wrote around 700 words which brings my first novel up to 18k words. I know that I've still got a long way to go but I'm excited for the journey.

On to the basic editing we go before starting the beta campaign :)

Doing my final draft. It currently stands at 24733. I had planned for a 100k target, but looks like it will go on to 125-150k words. And I wanted to wrap it all up by May 15… I don’t have that many days.

After several drafts I’m past the 10k mark again! This is after 5 days of 1,500 words a day, and I’m trying to stay optimistic to get to 100k 😅

I've finished my goal of at least 1,000 words today. It can be hard to stay motivated when no one is there to talk to or bounce ideas off of. I would really like to have someone else to exchange work with. I write fantasy mostly but I am willing to venture into other genres.

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Hey everyone, I made a post similar to this for 2021 and people seemed to like it, so I thought I'd do the same for 2022.

Total words 2022: 226,758

Daily Average: 622

Zero days: 165

Monthly totals

January: 25,926

February: 13,544

March: 24,314

April: 26,687

May: 20,900

June: 30,542

July: 13,714

August: 27,231

September: 12,318

October: 7,394

November: 22,439

December: 1749

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My goal for the year was to write more than I did 2021, and I was able to accomplish that and then some. I ended up with about 6K words more than I was shooting for. My writing really fell off toward the end of the year and I think that's a combination of hitting my word count goal around Oct., and switching my focus to revising and editing in the run up to my third book coming out early 2023. All in all I'm super happy with the work I've done this year and I've got a lot of exciting things planned for 2023.

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My goal for 2023 will be to try and keep my daily average word count above 1,000. This is significantly more than my goal of 600 for 2022, but I think I can do it. I've got a lot of writing that I need to get done if I want to stick to my release schedule for the year. If I'm able to do so, I'll have three new books out by the end of 2023! So, here's hoping.

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I hope everyone had a great year and you all have a solid New Year!

No idea if this post is appropriate here at all, but struggling to find where to post this or find this info online.

Looking for the word count in English of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. I think a book this size would be an appropriate length to go for for my first book, curious how long it is.

Finished the last chapter and epilogue! I still have some editing to do, but the 83k is a generous estimate with me including some notes that are still typed into the work.

My next goals:

• edit and clear out the occasional notes I have inserted. I think my work should still have 82k+ words

• make diagrams for some scenes and moments since its a mystery

• and then some final edits, wording adjustments before going further with the work, etc

Overall, it hit a nice number range that I'm happy with. Even if it goes up or down a bit, I'm happy with it. No idea if anything'll come of it, but I made something at least.

I think my next side thing will be some short stories to submit to magazines for fun. I was thinking of writing some short mystery fiction, so if I do, I might make a post here on it. Or maybe not, we'll see where the wind takes me.

Anyway, happy writing! Good luck to others and thanks for reading!

I'm curious where this'll end up wordcount wise. Maybe right around 85k? I've finishing up some loose ends now.

I can feel myself knocking on the door to the story's finale. I've been writing a mystery for a while now, and I've finally reached the point where the detective has all the information and is doing his denouement soon. It's my favorite part of a mystery typically, and it's basically what my whole novel's been building toward.

Just a little more. The end is in sight!

Side note: Took yesterday off to watch Knives Out and its sequel. Today I also watched Shijinso no Satsujin. Fun mystery movies all around.

I mainly wanted to track my progress for the month of November, but now that I finished r/Nanowrimo challenge and month is over, I may not update this as much anymore (though may still post, unsure right now). It was fun to make a log to keep myself somewhat accountable, and my progress was decent. Overall, just a bit shy of the 2k per day goal I had, but it's good enough.

Today's scene didn't have as many words but was difficult to write, and I also needed to do some planning for a future scene, so I'm fine with today's progress ending off the month.

I'd say I'm about 2/3 of the way through the entire book. Let's see what December holds for me and whether I can fully finish by December's end! (My actual goal is to finish around halfway through the month, but we'll see!)

Doing better. Not 100% but good enough for now, and my progress was acceptable. I'll keep going and aim to break the 60k barrier tomorrow.

The scene I wrote today isn't one I love, and I'm not looking forward to the next immediate scenes, but I'll see what I can do to make them flow better at least.

I slacked off a lot today, partly because I was happy to "win" Nano but also partly because I'm STILL not over my cold/flu. I really hope I'll be back to 100% tomorrow, though I doubt my pace will pick up. It's hard to keep up with a full Thanksgiving weekend's worth of writing time.

But...I do feel like I've made a lot of progress. I'd estimate I'm 60% ish done or so, and some of the final parts should be a lot easier. That said, the 60-80% bits are probably the toughest, so we'll see.

Ultimate goal is still a full draft by the end of 2022 and ideally mid December if possible.