At the beginning of the year, I decided I would keep actual track of the words I wrote, just to see how I was doing. So starting on January 1st I started recording my words count. To give me a goal, I decided on 1500 word/day as the target.
Well, January has passed and I have the totals for the month and here are the results:
Monthly Goal: 46,500 words (31 days x 1,500 words)
Actual Words Written: 36,586 words
Difference: - 9,914 words
Average Words/Day: 1,180.19 Words/Day
Number of Days of More Than 1,500 Words Written: 14 Days (45.1%)
I had multiple projects I was working on in January: a short story, three novels and some writing for another project that isn't quite a fiction piece in the normal sense. The novella I posted the WC for outgrew the novella status and became what I hope will be a short novel.
Now, what did I learn in January? That 1,500 words isn't that hard to reach, but it means putting my butt in the chair and writing. What I did write is one-third of a novel during the month, but if I hat the average every day, I would be near halfway through writing a novel. My goal in February is to write more than 1,500 words every day. When I can average 1,500 words a day for three months straight, then I'll increase it to an average of 2,000 words a day.
By posting word counts, I should be able to have an excuse to blog more often (I don't include the Blog post word counts in my totals). I also have a few other topic in mind, so we'll see what they go....
Later!
Craig
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All the Outcast Ops novels I co-authored with Rick Chesler are on Amazon and are part of the Kindle Direct program. African Firestorm is here: Outcast Ops: African Firestorm on Amazon! Red Ice is here: Outcast Ops: Red Ice on Amazon! Watchlist is here: Outcast Ops: Watchlist on Amazon. Shadow Gov is here: Outcast Ops: Shadow Gov on Amazon!
In addition, there is a physical version of Watchlist here: Outcast Ops: Watchlist Paperback
For those in the United Kingdom, Outcast Ops: African Firestorm on Amazon UK!! Red Ice is here: Outcast Ops: Red Ice on Amazon UK! Watchlist is here: Outcast Ops: Watchlist on Amazon UK! and the brand new Shadow Gov is here: Outcast Ops: Shadow Gov on Amazon UK
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Also, check out the other Outcast ops novels. Outcast Ops: Game of Drones by Rick Jones and Rick Chesler and Outcast Ops: The Poseidon Initiative by Rick Chesler.
In addition, Outcast Ops novels are on audiobooks! If you're member of Audible, you can listen to them free! The audio versions can be found here: Outcast Ops: African Firestorm (Audible), Outcast Ops: Red Ice (Audible), Outcast Ops: Watchlist (Audible) and Outcast Ops: Shadow Gov (Audible)
The audios for Game of Drones Games of Drones (Audible) and The Poseidon Initiative The Poseidon Initiative are also up on Audible, or though Amazon!
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