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I've developed a table of word count goals that gently decline from 2400 on Day 1 (November 1) to 1300 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up, this gives 50,780 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words.
Day Words Total
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Nov. 1 2400
Nov. 2 2310
Nov. 3 2300
Nov. 4 2200
Nov. 5 2100
Nov. 6 2030
Nov. 7 2020 15360
Nov. 8 2010
Nov. 9 2000
Nov. 10 1900
Nov. 11 1800
Nov. 12 1700
Nov. 13 1610
Nov. 14 1600 12620
Nov. 15 1530
Nov. 16 1520
Nov. 17 1510
Nov. 18 1500
Nov. 19 1470
Nov. 20 1460
Nov. 21 1450 10440
Nov. 22 1440
Nov. 23 1430
Nov. 24 1420
Nov. 25 1410
Nov. 26 1400
Nov. 27 1330
Nov. 28 1320 9750
Nov. 29 1310
Nov. 30 1300 2610
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50780 50780
That's a great idea. If you can do more at the beginning, it really takes off the pressure later.
Yeah that's good thinking. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Josh! Hi, Dan! Thanks for the comments.
Josh, it's too bad you moved to Arizona. It's good you are in our forum.
I've developed another table of word count goals that decline every week from 2400 on Day 1 (November 1) to 1000 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up, this gives 50,790 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words. This approach has daily goals that do not change during the week, which I think is advantageous. (I like this approach better.)
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2400 2400 4.8
Nov. 2 2400 4800 9.6
Nov. 3 2400 7200 14.4
Nov. 4 2400 9600 19.2
Nov. 5 2400 12000 24.0
Nov. 6 2400 14400 28.8
Nov. 7 2400 16800 16800 33.6
Nov. 8 1900 18700 37.4
Nov. 9 1900 20600 41.2
Nov. 10 1900 22500 45.0
Nov. 11 1900 24400 48.8
Nov. 12 1900 26300 52.6
Nov. 13 1900 28200 56.4
Nov. 14 1900 13300 30100 60.2
Nov. 15 1470 31570 63.1
Nov. 16 1470 33040 66.1
Nov. 17 1470 34510 69.0
Nov. 18 1470 35980 72.0
Nov. 19 1470 37450 74.9
Nov. 20 1470 38920 77.8
Nov. 21 1470 10290 40390 80.8
Nov. 22 1200 41590 83.2
Nov. 23 1200 42790 85.6
Nov. 24 1200 43990 88.0
Nov. 25 1200 45190 90.0
Nov. 26 1200 46390 92.8
Nov. 27 1200 47590 95.0
Nov. 28 1200 8400 48790 97.6
Nov. 29 1000 49790 99.6
Nov. 30 1000 2000 50790 101.2
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50790 50790 50790 101.2
I've developed this table of word count goals that decline every week from a more realistic starting number, 2000, on Day 1 (November 1) to 1000 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up,this gives 50,300 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words. This apporach has daily goals that do not change during the week, which I think is advantageous.
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2000 2000 4.0
Nov. 2 2000 4000 8.0
Nov. 3 2000 6000 12.0
Nov. 4 2000 8000 16.0
Nov. 5 2000 10000 20.0
Nov. 6 2000 12000 24.0
Nov. 7 2000 14000 14000 28.0
Nov. 8 1860 15860 31.7
Nov. 9 1860 17720 35.4
Nov. 10 1860 19580 39.2
Nov. 11 1860 21440 42.9
Nov. 12 1860 23300 46.6
Nov. 13 1860 25160 50.3
Nov. 14 1860 13020 27020 54.0
Nov. 15 1660 28680 57.4
Nov. 16 1660 30340 60.7
Nov. 17 1660 32000 64.0
Nov. 18 1660 33660 67.3
Nov. 19 1660 35320 70.6
Nov. 20 1660 36980 74.0
Nov. 21 1660 11620 38640 77.3
Nov. 22 1380 40020 80.0
Nov. 23 1380 41400 82.8
Nov. 24 1380 42780 85.6
Nov. 25 1380 44160 88.3
Nov. 26 1380 45540 91.1
Nov. 27 1380 46920 93.8
Nov. 28 1380 9660 48300 96.6
Nov. 29 1000 49300 98.6
Nov. 30 1000 2000 50300 100.1
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50300 50300 50300 100.1
I've developed this table of word count goals that decline every week from a more realistic starting number, 2000, on Day 1 (November 1) to 1000 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up,this gives 50,300 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words. This approach has daily goals that do not change during the week, which I think is advantageous.
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2000 2000 4.0
Nov. 2 2000 4000 8.0
Nov. 3 2000 6000 12.0
Nov. 4 2000 8000 16.0
Nov. 5 2000 10000 20.0
Nov. 6 2000 12000 24.0
Nov. 7 2000 14000 14000 28.0
Nov. 8 1860 15860 31.7
Nov. 9 1860 17720 35.4
Nov. 10 1860 19580 39.2
Nov. 11 1860 21440 42.9
Nov. 12 1860 23300 46.6
Nov. 13 1860 25160 50.3
Nov. 14 1860 13020 27020 54.0
Nov. 15 1660 28680 57.4
Nov. 16 1660 30340 60.7
Nov. 17 1660 32000 64.0
Nov. 18 1660 33660 67.3
Nov. 19 1660 35320 70.6
Nov. 20 1660 36980 74.0
Nov. 21 1660 11620 38640 77.3
Nov. 22 1380 40020 80.0
Nov. 23 1380 41400 82.8
Nov. 24 1380 42780 85.6
Nov. 25 1380 44160 88.3
Nov. 26 1380 45540 91.1
Nov. 27 1380 46920 93.8
Nov. 28 1380 9660 48300 96.6
Nov. 29 1000 49300 98.6
Nov. 30 1000 2000 50300 100.1
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50300 50300 50300 100.1
This is another table of word count goals. These goals decline every week from 2200 on Day 1 (November 1) to 1000 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up, this gives 50,580 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words. This approach has daily goals that do not change during the week, which I think is advantageous. (This is the one I plan to use!)
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2200 2200 4.4
Nov. 2 2200 4400 8.8
Nov. 3 2200 6600 13.2
Nov. 4 2200 8800 17.6
Nov. 5 2200 11000 22.0
Nov. 6 2200 13200 26.4
Nov. 7 2200 15400 15400 30.8
Nov. 8 1880 17280 34.6
Nov. 9 1880 19160 38.3
Nov. 10 1880 21040 42.1
Nov. 11 1880 22920 45.8
Nov. 12 1880 24800 49.6
Nov. 13 1880 26680 53.4
Nov. 14 1880 13160 28560 57.1
Nov. 15 1560 30120 60.2
Nov. 16 1560 31680 63.4
Nov. 17 1560 33240 66.5
Nov. 18 1560 34800 69.6
Nov. 19 1560 36360 72.7
Nov. 20 1560 37920 75.8
Nov. 21 1560 10920 39480 79.0
Nov. 22 1300 40780 81.6
Nov. 23 1300 42080 84.2
Nov. 24 1300 43380 86.8
Nov. 25 1300 44680 93.4
Nov. 26 1300 45980 92.0
Nov. 27 1300 47280 94.6
Nov. 28 1300 9100 48580 97.2
Nov. 29 1000 49580 99.2
Nov. 30 1000 2000 50580 101.2
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50580 50580 50580 101.2
This is another table of word count goals. These goals decline every week from 2200 on Day 1 (November 1) to 1000 on Day 30 (November 30). When all of the word counts are added up, this gives 50,580 total words, which is just a little bit over the required minimum of 50,000 words. This approach has daily goals that do not change during the week, which I think is advantageous. (I plan to use it!)
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2200 2200 4.4
Nov. 2 2200 4400 8.8
Nov. 3 2200 6600 13.2
Nov. 4 2200 8800 17.6
Nov. 5 2200 11000 22.0
Nov. 6 2200 13200 26.4
Nov. 7 2200 15400 15400 30.8
Nov. 8 1880 17280 34.6
Nov. 9 1880 19160 38.3
Nov. 10 1880 21040 42.1
Nov. 11 1880 22920 45.8
Nov. 12 1880 24800 49.6
Nov. 13 1880 26680 53.4
Nov. 14 1880 13160 28560 57.1
Nov. 15 1560 30120 60.2
Nov. 16 1560 31680 63.4
Nov. 17 1560 33240 66.5
Nov. 18 1560 34800 69.6
Nov. 19 1560 36360 72.7
Nov. 20 1560 37920 75.8
Nov. 21 1560 10920 39480 79.0
Nov. 22 1300 40780 81.6
Nov. 23 1300 42080 84.2
Nov. 24 1300 43380 86.8
Nov. 25 1300 44680 93.4
Nov. 26 1300 45980 92.0
Nov. 27 1300 47280 94.6
Nov. 28 1300 9100 48580 97.2
Nov. 29 1000 49580 99.2
Nov. 30 1000 2000 50580 101.2
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50580 50580 50580 101.2
Thanks Ajey!
I like that it gets easier as it keeps going. Good planning, I think I'll probably use this model
The word count goals in this table gently decline every week from 2100 on Day 1 (November 1) to 925 on Day 29 (November 29) and Day 30 (November 30). The total word count will be 50,000 words. Because text editors and website word counters can disagree, don't box yourself in by writing just the minimum, instead, write more when you are able. This table will help you when its needed. It is is mathematically rigorous, and if you must know, is based on the logistic function.
Day Words Total #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2100 2100 4.2
Nov. 2 2118 4218 8.4
Nov. 3 2090 6308 12.6
Nov. 4 2062 8370 16.7
Nov. 5 2032 10402 20.8
Nov. 6 2003 12405 24.8
Nov. 7 1971 14376 14376 28.8
Nov. 8 1940 16316 32.6
Nov. 9 1908 18224 36.4
Nov. 10 1875 20099 40.2
Nov. 11 1841 21940 43.9
Nov. 12 1808 23748 47.5
Nov. 13 1774 25522 51.0
Nov. 14 1740 12886 27262 54.5
Nov. 15 1705 28967 57.9
Nov. 16 1671 30638 61.3
Nov. 17 1638 32276 64.6
Nov. 18 1603 33879 67.8
Nov. 19 1570 35449 70.9
Nov. 20 1536 36985 74.0
Nov. 21 1504 11227 38489 77.0
Nov. 22 1471 39960 79.9
Nov. 23 1439 41399 82.8
Nov. 24 1409 42808 85.6
Nov. 25 1378 44186 88.4
Nov. 26 1350 45536 91.1
Nov. 27 1320 46856 93.7
Nov. 28 1294 9661 48150 96.3
Nov. 29 925 49075 98.2
Nov. 30 925 1850 50000 100.0
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50000 50000 50000 100.0
These word count goals should allow you to reach 50,000 words by the end of the month. A built-in buffer of 1,000 words should cover any discrepancies in word counts between whatever software you are using and the official NaNoWriMo website word counter. There are fixed word count goals for weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and for weekdays (Monday through Friday). They decline from 2100 words per day at the beginning of the month (November 1) to 1400 words per day near the end of the month (November 28). They remain at 900 words per day on the last two days of the month (November 29 and 30).
Day Words #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2100 2100 4.1
Nov. 2 2100 4200 8.2
Nov. 3 2032 6232 12.2
Nov. 4 2032 8264 16.2
Nov. 5 2032 10296 20.2
Nov. 6 2032 12328 24.2
Nov. 7 2032 14360 28.2
Nov. 8 1972 16332 32.0
Nov. 9 1972 18304 35.9
Nov. 10 1860 20164 39.5
Nov. 11 1860 22024 43.2
Nov. 12 1860 23884 46.8
Nov. 13 1860 25744 50.5
Nov. 14 1860 27604 54.1
Nov. 15 1735 29339 57.5
Nov. 16 1735 31074 60.9
Nov. 17 1622 32696 64.1
Nov. 18 1622 34318 67.3
Nov. 19 1622 35940 70.5
Nov. 20 1622 37562 73.7
Nov. 21 1622 39184 76.8
Nov. 22 1508 40692 79.8
Nov. 23 1508 42200 82.7
Nov. 24 1400 43600 85.5
Nov. 25 1400 45000 88.2
Nov. 26 1400 46400 91.0
Nov. 27 1400 47800 93.7
Nov. 28 1400 49200 96.5
Nov. 29 900 50100 98.2
Nov. 30 900 51000 100.0
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51000 51000 100.0
These word count goals should allow you to reach 50,000 words by the end of the month. A built-in buffer of 1,000 words should cover any discrepancies in word counts between whatever software you are using and the official NaNoWriMo website word counter. There are fixed word count goals for weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and for weekdays (Monday through Friday). They decline from 2100 words per day at the beginning of the month (November 1) to 1400 words per day near the end of the month (November 28). They remain at 900 words per day on the last two days of the month (November 29 and 30).
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Day Words #Done %Done
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Nov. 1 2100 2100 4.1
Nov. 2 2100 4200 8.2
Nov. 3 2032 6232 12.2
Nov. 4 2032 8264 16.2
Nov. 5 2032 10296 20.2
Nov. 6 2032 12328 24.2
Nov. 7 2032 14360 28.2
Nov. 8 1972 16332 32.0
Nov. 9 1972 18304 35.9
Nov. 10 1860 20164 39.5
Nov. 11 1860 22024 43.2
Nov. 12 1860 23884 46.8
Nov. 13 1860 25744 50.5
Nov. 14 1860 27604 54.1
Nov. 15 1735 29339 57.5
Nov. 16 1735 31074 60.9
Nov. 17 1622 32696 64.1
Nov. 18 1622 34318 67.3
Nov. 19 1622 35940 70.5
Nov. 20 1622 37562 73.7
Nov. 21 1622 39184 76.8
Nov. 22 1508 40692 79.8
Nov. 23 1508 42200 82.7
Nov. 24 1400 43600 85.5
Nov. 25 1400 45000 88.2
Nov. 26 1400 46400 91.0
Nov. 27 1400 47800 93.7
Nov. 28 1400 49200 96.5
Nov. 29 900 50100 98.2
Nov. 30 900 51000 100.0
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51000 51000 100.0
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