Two good writing weeks in a row, and this one was better than last week’s. So, it’s looking up.
Last week’s stats:
Writing statistics for the week ending 8 November 2025:
Words: 5,880
Days writing: 6 of 7.
Days revising or planning: 1 of 7 for 30 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 7 of 7 days.
As of the end of October, I had slightly less than 40,000 words left to reach my goal of 225,000 words for 2025. This means I’ll have to average close to 5,000 words per week to make it work. And now I just have to push myself for the rest of the year.
I’m currently calling the sci-fi horror project in a little river town on the Mississippi River in Iowa The Land, The River, and The Waste. Keep in mind this is just the working title I am using, and that I will usually go with another title before I finally publish a project. I’m superstitious in this regard. After more than a week of writing, I’m already over 5,000 words, so good on me for this. I’m not sure I could write 40,000 words in a month like the old National Novel Writing Month, but I do know I have it in me to do it in two months easily.
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