Back at the end of August this year, when I was getting ready for the upcoming school year, I was very much nervous about doing what I had to do to make my goal for the year. I was way behind.
Now, however, I’ve had the third-best month of the year so far, and my fifth consecutive week of writing more than 5,000 words. How momentum changes.
Let’s talk about the numbers.
Writing statistics for the week ending 29 November 2025:
Words: 5,447
Days writing: 7 of 7.
Days revising or planning: 1 of 7 for 60 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 6 of 7 days.
Writing statistics for November 2025:
Words: 23,431.
Revising/planning: 120 minutes.
DWGM: 97%
Once again, my goal for the calendar year 2025 is to write 225,000 words. (I was also shooting to make my minimum daily quota at least 80 percent of the time, but since I am feeling quite confident of making this goal, my focus for the most part has been on word count.)
The stats for the month ahead are looking good.
Ongoing statistics for 2025:
Word count as of 1 December 2025: 208,904. This number is 2,654 words above the “pace” to reach 225,000 words by the end of 31 December 2025.
I now have 16,096 words left to write before reaching my yearly goal. To keep this in perspective, I have exceeded this word count during nine out of the past 11 months of 2025, including the past two months.
Confidence level in meeting my word count: HIGH.
It’s been a feverish run since Halloween 2025, when I began writing The Land, The River, and The Waste (working title due to me being a superstitious sucker). It’s an environmental horror tales set in a little river town on the Mississippi River in Iowa, not unlike the ones I’ve lived in for most of my life. I’m now above 17,000 words into the first draft.
I’ve not had a chance to write much on some of my other projects during the past month other than my regular blogging and the odd poem or two, but that’s all right. I think. This is the project that is motivating me and the rest can stay on the back burner for now.
Have a good week everyone, and all you writers keep writing.
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