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Sep. 12th, 2024 04:00 pm
oliswamp: My persona-Bog. He's got turquise skin, has short also turquise hair, only head is visible. (Default)
So life kicked me in the curb it seems.

I'm in the mental hospital and slowly reworking my life ethics.

The only constant in my life is writing, to be honest. I have written twice the amount I anticipated in th year, and then some. I'm slowly closing in on tripling my [community profile] getyourwordsout pledge, and I don't plan on stopping writing even after I do that.

I don't think I will really rest until I see that 300% on the progress spreadsheet, and according to my pace tracker it's going to happen soon, probably within the next month or two. To put that 300% in numbers, I mean 225k words written. I don't want to challenge myself to 250k because that's like an additional month's worth of writing for me and I might not pass the threshold then.
oliswamp: My persona-Bog. He's got turquise skin, has short also turquise hair, only head is visible. (Default)
Several months on Dreamwidth and I still don't know what I wanna use this account for.

Either way, I'll try to document my writing progress here as I took part in [community profile] getyourwordsout with the lowest possible word count tier of 75k words a year!

Considering I have written approximately 400k words in six years this felt like a challenge that I might actually be able to complete.

In January I felt a zest for life that I haven't in a long time. I have spent upwards of half an hour every day writing, usually more, way more, sans for two days at the beginning, the third and the fourth of January.
I hope to not repeat that mistake as that has costed me at least a hundred if not a thousand words /hj

Having said all that, here are the stats.

A circle graph showing 23% written and 77% remaining

I have managed to not do 1/12 of the challenge but nearly 1/4. Am I proud of myself? You bet. It's January.

Here's a daily graph by the way.

A linear graph showing two lines. One is straight, showing how many words should be written in a month to reach the goal, one is a poly-line with several bigger jumps and plateaus showing how much I've actually written, which ends up way above the first line.

I feel amazing. I didn't know writing down how many words I'm actually writing, planning, editing can be so motivating! I always felt like it would be just a painful reminder that I don't write enough yet here I am breaking all my records.

I know that I'll probably end up writing way less in February, as I have an exam session in just a few days, and vacation months will probably all go to shit too but... it's nice to have done so much already and have a hope to do a lot in the upcoming months.

Stay safe, stay sane!

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