Daily Goals Progress (Accountability and Encouragement!)

Posted by: @ease

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Posted by: @pdblake

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Gonna try for 1k a day (Real life allowing and only counting words in the current novel, anything else such as plotting and editing other things will be deemed extra).

1042 today, so just managed it.

Twinsies! Oh wait, there's a k there. I'm aiming for at least 1 word a day, myself. We're basically the same though...

 

Unless @pdblake meant one letter 'k' a day

@ease Oof, that is so very relatable, thank you for sharing! It is both comforting and sad to know these thoughts are universal.

I try to focus on the progress I can see in my writing from story to story, but sometimes that's not enough, and I fall into The Rut. And then I climb out again because even if I really was The Absolute Worst, I wouldn't want to stop writing.

Ha. Failure already. First day back at work and I'm knackered. No words today so I'll reset the target to 30k for the month. At least that way I have a fighting chance of catching up. 

I didn't do a lot today...kind of ended up watching Black Summer...which is okay-ish. It's just a lot of zombie noises.

I did write 4k-ish words today on my Q2 though, so I'm going to finish the first draft of my Q2 soon.

Posted by: @annax

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I didn't do a lot today...I did write 4k-ish words today on my Q2 though, so I'm going to finish the first draft of my Q2 soon.

Slacker!  

Honestly your poor day is better than my good. I wrote 100 words yesterday and was happy with that.

Heya everyone! I've just posted my 2025 objectives in the monthly accountability thread. I've started okay, I think.

On day 3 of the year, I've already submitted twice. I'm also deep in edits to tighten a 1.4k piece into a flash fiction for a themed flash contest. I have 3 sci-fi pieces of around 8k that need editing as well, and I've started the rewriting of a 1.5k post-apocalyptic shopping list (don't ask, haha).

Ok, made up for yesterday. 

2453 today for a total of 3493. 

1256 today for a total of 4749.

Posted by: @gideonpsmith

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Posted by: @ease

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Posted by: @pdblake

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Gonna try for 1k a day (Real life allowing and only counting words in the current novel, anything else such as plotting and editing other things will be deemed extra).

1042 today, so just managed it.

Twinsies! Oh wait, there's a k there. I'm aiming for at least 1 word a day, myself. We're basically the same though...

 

 

Unless @pdblake meant one letter 'k' a day

 

Now why didn't I think of that?

@hannya and @pdblake 

Great way to start the year! 

Day 5 of 2025 and I have ritten a little bit every day so far - using a calendar as a visual to see how long I can make this 'streak'. Also managed to submit two things Friday and 1 thing Thursday.

1156 today for a total of 5905.

822 words today, plus I submitted 7 older pieces to new markets.

You're killing it on the total words @pdblake 👍 

1167 today for a total of 7072.

really smashing it @pdblake !!

I'm going to send a shout out to @annax but only because she asked to be bugged here for updates on the Aspirant thread!

My own update for today is I took the 822 word flash piece I started yesterday, and added about the same to bring it up to 1646 words, before then editing it down to 999 words.

Not getting the word count some of you are, or even close to that, but working at it. Struggling to fix an old story (like nearly two decades ago) I loved and apply concepts I've learned over the last couple of years. One section it was easier just to read it and then rewrite it from scratch.  So, do those count as new words?  If so, add 1k words for this month's count.

@gideonpsmith 

Yes! Thank you!

So far, I've got 13k-ish words written, including a new Q2 that I need to work on. My goals are going pretty well so far. I do hope to finish my Q2 by next week so I can work on Resnick and on the "different genre" which might be western. Who knows? I might do a good job with cowboys and indians.  

1010 today for a total of 8082.

May not get to write tomorrow though, so it's a good job I'm ahead.

One week streak of writing/editing every day without fail.

Posted by: @ease

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One week streak of writing/editing every day without fail.

That deserves two rounds  

Posted by: @pdblake

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1010 today for a total of 8082.

 

May not get to write tomorrow though, so it's a good job I'm ahead.

we all need days off - whether for our soul, or for our job or family or whatever. Just don't forget to come back

Posted by: @ease

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Posted by: @tiinag

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@gideonpsmith Honestly, I am stressed and anxious and kind of hate everything I write at the moment. (Would be nice to know if others get these seasons too?)

Everything I have ever written has simulataneously been the best thing I could possibly write, and the worst shit 'written' by any idiot ever. Even while I was at the WotF workshop, JLN had to give me a talking-to about being negative about my piece in V40.

 

Reminds me of a quote I collected from a podcast years ago, said by a guest you may have heard of.

"My writing process is to sit there like any other writer, simultaneously convinced that what I'm writing Shakespeare would be envious of and it's the worst crap ever produced." - Orson Scott Card

Posted by: @atkirk

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Reminds me of a quote I collected from a podcast years ago, said by a guest you may have heard of.

"My writing process is to sit there like any other writer, simultaneously convinced that what I'm writing Shakespeare would be envious of and it's the worst crap ever produced." - Orson Scott Card

 

Shakespeare?!? Never heard of him 😉

(yes, I did understand that's not who you meant....lol) 

long day at work (5am till 7pm) , but ended up attending online writers group, then after wrote 227 words (mostly rubbish), then edited that down to a more decent 100 words.

😴

Very slow on new words, but it was expected as I focus on edits. Got a few pieces (re)edited and I could get 6 submissions out in the first week. I still need to work on the draft zero of some longer pieces + the re-edit of 3 smallish pieces that came back from crits. I started a sci-fi flash but it's already at 2k and still going lol.

The highlight for me, so far, is the trimming down of a 8k sci-fi to under 5k. This definitely opens so many more markets for this story. And to be fair, it was a good idea to tighten it.

I hope you all doing well  

Posted by: @hannya

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Very slow on new words, but it was expected as I focus on edits. Got a few pieces (re)edited and I could get 6 submissions out in the first week. I still need to work on the draft zero of some longer pieces + the re-edit of 3 smallish pieces that came back from crits. I started a sci-fi flash but it's already at 2k and still going lol.

The highlight for me, so far, is the trimming down of a 8k sci-fi to under 5k. This definitely opens so many more markets for this story. And to be fair, it was a good idea to tighten it.

I hope you all doing well  

Congrats on edits AND getting submissions out! Although you may not have written a lot, those are both definitely worthy accomplishments!  

I am roughly 14k words in. Started Q2, although changing a ton of it around, so it's basically a new story (again). I'm taking a break for the weekend because I have a few things I need to finish first. Next week starts some pretty exclusive "me time" so I will have uninterrupted time to focus on writing. I'm looking forward to it.

Happy new year, everyone!

This is from yesterday, posted in the wrong thread (duh):

Nothing yesterday (brain needed a rest) but 1104 today for a total of 10525. I'll catch up hopefully.

This weeks been a bit of a rejectolanche so a little depressing but its part of writing so I'm trying to keep my head above water. After a couple of days with few creative words coming out of my brain, I was pleased that yesterday earned me a little over 4k words. Today has so far not been as productive, but also not a complete loss. We will see where todays total lands.

Sunday morning update: So yesterday ended up at 750 words on a new flash (near complete but not a great story), 109 words on another new flash (not complete, but a better idea than the first one), and 700 words towards the q2 I had started working on Friday, for a total of around 1.5k

Not as big a dent as I had hoped foe the q2. We'll see what today brings.

Hows everyone elses weekends going? Let us know, good or bad, writing productive or just recharging!