NaNo Update - Week two

Phew, what a week! I was doing really well towards the end of last week; I got a decent amount of writing done on Thursday and Friday, so I was ahead for a while. Then on Saturday I couldn't get any writing done at all, and on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I only got a few hundred words down for each day, so by yesterday I was very behind!

What with working and getting ready for the move, which is just in a couple of weeks now, I really haven't been able to write very much. Luckily I had a day off yesterday, and managed to catch up. I wrote 3983 words, which is quite a lot for me to write in a day, so I'm pretty proud of myself for that. I also got a lot of packing done too, so it was a productive day.

Hopefully I'll be able to keep up better this week! Here are my stats:

Your Average Per Day
1,673 
Words Written Today (Wednesday)
3,983 
Target Word Count
50,000
Target Average Words Per Day
1,667
Total Words Written
21,753 
Words Remaining
28,247
Current Day
13 
Days Remaining
18
At This Rate You Will Finish On
November 30, 2013
Words Per Day To Finish On Time
1,570
Day 1Day 4Day 7Day 10Day 13Day 16Day 19Day 22Day 25Day 28015,00030,00045,00060,000Words
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Comments

  1. Rob Z Tobor14 November 2013 at 11:05

    Looks good to me Miss Laura . . . . . Hang in there

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  2. Unknown14 November 2013 at 12:07

    You're doing well, Laura! Looks like you'll finish strong. As for me, I'm way behind but knew I would be...just wanted to get moving on a book again.

    M.L. Swift, Writer

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh14 November 2013 at 12:26

    You're on target - keep it up!

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  4. Tonja Drecker14 November 2013 at 14:40

    Looks like you're doing great, and you didn't let those more difficult days get the best of you. Congrats and keep going! :)

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  5. Anonymous14 November 2013 at 18:19

    Over 3000 words in a day is something cheer about. Why aren't you cheering?! You should be cheering. As someone who wasn't able to participate and therefore has all this free time to offer meaningless advice to the people who are actually hitting those keys...this is impressive and I mean that. It's great to see the sense of community behind it all. Don't stop!

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  6. Morgan14 November 2013 at 18:38

    Laura, you're doing amazing! Truly. Keep the momentum!!!

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