I wanted to close out June with a successful week. Despite the fact I was one the road (again), this time attending the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference sponsored by the Midwest Writing Center at the campus of Augustana College, I managed to get in a sensible amount of writing done.

The stats:

Writing statistics for the week ending 29 June 2024:
6,272 words written.
Days writing: 7 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 3 of 7 for 270 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 7 of 7 days.

Writing Statistics for June 2024:
27,664 words written.
Time Revising/Planning: 750 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met: 97% of the time.

So, this would be a good week for me under any circumstances, even as I’ve been trying to get caught up to where I should be at this point of my year. As some past readers might be aware of, I now am attempting to write a minimum of 200,000 words per year and meeting my daily goals at least 75 percent of the time. This week is above that pace and more.

This month was easily the most productive writing month I’ve had this year. Not sure if it is my most productive month ever, but I’m a bit too lazy to look through all my records to find out for sure.

I’ve now got a good look at where I am for the first half of the year. Although I’ll get into it in the newsletter this Saturday, I believe I’ve finally caught up to where I should be after a few months of excessive commuting due to life issues.

That’s it for now. Take care, everyone.

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For most any other week, I’d say I had a very productive week.

However, since I was coming off the most productive week I’ve ever had since I started to watch my word counts, I figured I would have something of a let-down. I had hoped for a 6,000 or 7,000-word week… but I didn’t quite get there.

Writing statistics for the week ending 22 June 2024:
4,839 words written.
Days writing: 4 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 3 of 7 for 210 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 7 of 7 days.

Now, for a typical week for me when I am trying to write at least 200,000 words a year, close to 5,000 words in a single week isn’t bad. However, those of you who have been following me, especially this year, know that I fell a bit behind during the past few months due to plenty of excessive commuting due to life issues.

I have been hoping to use these summer months to try and get caught up and get more writing done. For the most part, I’ve exceeded expectations. However, I need at least a few more big weeks, especially here in June and July, to make sure I’m meeting my expectations.

This week will be a bit tricky regarding time to write. I will be traveling once again, this time for the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference in Rock Island, Ill., sponsored by the Midwest Writing Center. (This coming Sunday, I will post a recap and review of the conference here.) One advantage to this travel is unlike some of my other traveling locations, I’ll be on familiar ground, so having to adjust to writing on the road will not be as bad. I’m also trying to get a good amount of writing done beforehand, so as to not have to make up so much ground.

Currently, I’m not sure whether I’ll do a first-half of the year recap as its own piece or as part of the regular newsletter next week. I’m leaning toward the latter choice for now.

See you around, everyone.

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