
This evening, I wrote nearly 1,900 words, and in doing so, achieved a major milestone. I have now written for 365 consecutive days. That’s one full year. The last day on which I did no writing was July 21, 2013, the day I traveled home from the Launch Pad Astronomy workshop. Since that day, I have written every day, to the tune of 344,000 words. Over the course of the last 365 days I have averaged 943 words per day. That is roughly 40 minutes of writing per day, or a grand total of about 243 hours spent writing.
On my best day in the last year, I wrote more than 5,300 words. On my worst day, I barely scratched out 70. But I have written every day.
This streak, while significant, is part of a larger effort to write every single day. Since I started on this adventure, I have now written 508 out of the last 510 days. That’s not too shabby.
The chart above shows the last 365 days. You can click it to see a larger version. It’s interesting to note a few patterns in the data. The one that jumps out at me the most is how my 7-day moving average fell during the cold winter months. Also, on 8 separate occasions, I’ve exceeded 3,000 words in a single day.
As you might expect, I’m pretty happy today!
What were you using to keep track of the data? Evernote? Just an Excel spreadsheet? And is this across all media, fiction, fiction + blogging, Tweets?
Either way, awesome, and I’d be really curious to see my own numbers. Too bad I haven’t been keeping track. 🙂
Luther, the data is just for fiction/nonfiction writing, not blogging. I write in Google Docs and have a set of scripts that automate the collection of data. I just write and the scripts collect the data. I’ve made the scripts available on GitHub for anyone who wants to use them.
I have now written for 365 consecutive days.
Whoa! Congratulations!
Awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. I am on day 34 of write everyday and day 22 of at least 500 words a day. Both for fiction.