Writing Statistics for 2019 in review

So, I wound up doing this last year around this time and it was interesting to see those numbers. I also did a first half of the year review back this summer, so I’ll likely review my activity for the second half of the year, the year in it’s entirety, and maybe try and do some comparisons to the last couple of years that I was using similar stats to see if there are any changes.

Second half of 2019:

• Jul:
  • Words: 3,465
  • Revise/Plan: 1,650
  • DWGM: 80%
• Aug:
  • Words: 5,258
  • Revise/Plan: 1,290
  • DWGM: 82%
• Sep:
  • Words: 38,711
  • Revise/Plan: 180
  • DWGM: 100%
• Oct:
  • Words: 29,405
  • Revise/Plan: 1,260
  • DWGM: 94%
• Nov:
  • Words: 10,474
  • Revise/Plan: 480
  • DWGM: 94%
• Dec:
  • Words: 29,530
  • Revise/Plan: 510
  • DWGM: 79%

• 2nd:
  • Words (total): 117,843
  • Words (avg.): 19,641
  • Revise/Plan (total): 5,370
  • Revise/Plan (avg.) 895
  • DWGM (avg.): 88%

And, the stats from 2019 as a whole:

• 2019:
  • Words (total): 193,881
  • Words (avg.) 16,157
  • Revise/Plan (total): 8,865
  • Revise/Plan (avg.): 739
  • DWGM (avg.): 78%

So, how does this compare to the totals I saw the past couple of years? It’s definitely an improvement over last year, which was the first year that I used this format to track my progress.

• 2018:
  • Words (total): 53,878
  • Words (avg.): 4,490
  • Revisions (total): 8,955
  • Revisions (avg.): 746
  • DWGM (avg.): 52%

As you can see, I did a much better job at reaching my writing quotas than last year. I wrote more words overall (even though a good portion of that is fan fiction, it’s still fiction, folks), only had a slight drop in revisions and planning, but, again, I made my quotas on a much more consistent basis than before.

So, I felt good about how my work output grew since the beginning of 2018. I might actually start developing some consistency if I don’t look out. 🙂

We’ll see how 2020 goes.