I thought I had a better week this week than the previous week. I did. I hoped I would have a better month than I did after a horrible August, and I managed to beat it by a little more than 3,000 words. But that doesn’t mean I’m not behind the pace and it doesn’t mean I have a lot of work to do to meet my productivity goals for the year.
Here’s the stats for last week and last month as well:
Writing statistics for the week ending 4 October 2025:
Words: 4,947
Days writing: 7 of 7.
Days revising or planning: 1 of 7 for 180 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 5 of 7 days.
Writing statistics for September 2025:
Words: 15,559
Revising/planning: 71%
Again, these were better numbers than last week and the previous month, but…
My goal for this year was 225,000 words written for 2025, either fiction or nonfiction1. As of the end of September, I have 165,272 words written. Unfortunately, if I was keeping up with the pace I needed to, I should have at least 168,750. So, that’s a little more than 3,000 words.
I might be able to catch up this month. If I keep writing when I don’t want to, if I stick to my guns. It’s not impossible… and October is a bit of a long month. But, I have to keep going.
Most of the non-blogging writing I’ve been doing has centered on the next book in the The Yank Striker series. I’ve continued to outline and plan a sci-fi horror project in a town something like what I grew up in. If I keep it up, I might have a rough outline on my hands soon.
That’s it. Take care of yourselves.
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