Writing Stats For 2020
Friday, January 1, 2021
Written by Kodi Wolf at 12:00 AM
(Originally written in 2023, but backdated to put it in chronological order).
So yeah. 2020. And I thought 2019 was insane (though that was on a more personal front rather than global). Anyway...
Here are my stats for 2020.
| Writing Stats for 2020 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words /Month |
Daily Average |
Highest Day |
Lowest Day |
Hours /Month |
Words /Hour |
|||||||
| Jan | 17,415 | 562 | 1,731 | 113 | 25h 25m | 685 | ||||||
| Feb | 16,882 | 582 | 2,051 | 123 | 21h 47m | 775 | ||||||
| Mar | 18,117 | 584 | 1,644 | 123 | 25h 32m | 710 | ||||||
| Apr | 17,716 | 591 | 2,975 | 149 | 29h 46m | 595 | ||||||
| May | 13,903 | 448 | 1,126 | 145 | 19h 19m | 720 | ||||||
| Jun | 16,628 | 554 | 1,679 | 124 | 32h 23m | 513 | ||||||
| Jul | 10,880 | 351 | 862 | 126 | 33h 25m | 326 | ||||||
| Aug | 8,618 | 278 | 1,073 | 119 | 12h 49m | 672 | ||||||
| Sep | 15,184 | 506 | 2,685 | 125 | 30h 17m | 501 | ||||||
| Oct | 18,416 | 594 | 3,075 | 126 | 38h 0m | 485 | ||||||
| Nov | 15,394 | 513 | 2,385 | 125 | 21h 58m | 701 | ||||||
| Dec | 14,409 | 465 | 3,068 | 127 | 13h 52m | 1,039 | ||||||
| Writing Totals & Averages for 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Words | 183,562 | |||
| Monthly Average | 15,297 | |||
| Daily Average | 502 | |||
| Total Hours | 304h 33m | |||
| Average Words/Hour | 603 | |||
Compared to last year, my total dropped by about 43,000 words again, which is a lot, especially considering that my total time spent writing dropped by only about 17 hours. My words per hour dropped by about 100, so I definitely slowed down. However, I know I was doing a lot of editing, which doesn't get me as many words for the same amount of time, but I still managed to maintain my target average of 500 words/day, so that's good enough for me.
I also managed to post over 52,000 words, just like I did in 2018 and 2019, so I'm happy with that.
My goals for 2020 were pretty much the same as the previous year.
Maintain a daily average of at least 500 words. (Done - see above)
Write every day to keep my streak going. (Done - 1,820 days, including today)
Post new story chapters. (Done - posted over 52,000 words on A Bondage Primer)
I also decided after January's lowest day of 113 words that I didn't want to fall below 100 words for any of my lowest days, which pushed me to keep writing to get those extra words on days when I felt like I didn't have it in me.
Considering that 2020 was 2020, I think I did amazingly well for that decade long year.
