Not only am I a word-geek! I'm also a data-geek!
As of today I'm 874 words away from hitting 40,000 words!! That's the most words I have ever written! Today's goal is to hit 40k!
I've been tracking my word count in a google sheet since the very beginning.
Today I finally did some data crunching, which has been illuminating and somewhat disheartening.
You see, I've just worked out my forecasted finish date based on my average weekly word count. Argh!
If I keep writing at my current pace, (aka skipping weeks and writing when I feel like it) then I'll write 1,007 words per week on average and I'll finish my manuscript in one years' time 😭. Week commencing 30 October 2023, but that's so far away!
But if I write every week, and hit my average word count for writing weeks (1,788 words per writing week), then I'll be finished a lot earlier, week commencing 8th May 2023. That's more like it! But still feels like an age away!
Only issue is, I start a full time 'normal' job soon, so I won't have as much time to write, so I am pretty sure my average will reduce, not increase.
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