Six weeks of good productivity, and the seventh week it goes into the tank. Well, all I need to keep in mind is to keep things trucking for the next two and a half weeks and I’ll be good to go for my writing goals this year.
With that, I’ll review the numbers.
Writing statistics for the week ending 13 December 2025:
Words: 2,610
Days writing: 3 of 7.
Days revising or planning: 2 of 7 for 60 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 5 of 7 days.
Unlike last week, I didn’t quite manage to pull it out at the end, but oh, well. I just have to remind myself of all the days, weeks, months, and years where I went without even bothering to write anything. Those days seem to be far away from me nowadays, thankfully.
The overall stats:
Overall Statistics for 2025:
Word count goal for 2025: 225,000 words.
Word count for 2025 as of 13 December 2025: 215,742 words.
Words remaining toward goal: 9,258.
Confidence level in meeting my word count: HIGH.
The Land, The River, and The Waste (working title due to me being a superstitious sucker) is my top project now, an environmental horror tales set in a little river town on the Mississippi River in Iowa. As the writing this week slowed down, so did progress on this project as well. I think part of it is the reason that I am wrapping up the first act of the book, and now I’m starting to think of whether any of the new scenes are necessary or not. Or maybe I just need to push forward because it’s just a first draft and I can mold things around if I need to later.
Have a good week everyone, and all you writers keep writing1.
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