How To Hit Your Writing Deadlines Every Time - [Updated Link]
Use A [Google] Spreadsheet To Predict THE END
If you know how many words per day you've been hitting, and you know how many words total you want your novel to be, then it's straightforward to calculate the date you'll finish.
You could do this by hand, of course. But that would be boring. And slow.
Using a spreadsheet to track your writing progress also allows you to tweak the calculation for accuracy. For example, you can predict when you'll write "THE END" by the cumulative average words per day written, OR, your words-per-day average for the last 7 days. That way, when you write 30+ pages during a crack coffee binge, you won't get too cocky thinking your book will be finished in a week. You'll look at your cumulative Projected Finish Date and realize that you're really only averaging an amazing 100 words per day.
I'm gunning for May 30th, 2008 to have the rewrite of THE VEINGEL completed.
By the way, the only thing I have to enter in the table above is the "gray" fields—everything else is calculated auto-magically for me. (I hope to post more of these free tools in the future.)
If you’d like a copy of this spreadsheet for your own use, get in touch, I’d be happy to share you can find it here: Google Writing Deadline Spreadsheet (might need a Google Account to access, not sure—if so, email me and I’ll send you an invite). Or better yet, just download it here: Writing Spreadsheet. (right-click—> ‘Save As’)
Author: Jeremy James
Shelved In: WRITING: Process Progress
Main Topic: track writing progress
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