Writers write. That’s the bottom line.
My writing pace picked back up last week! It tends to do that when I get back into my fiction. As I’ve noted before, I write fiction considerably faster than I write blog posts, and more than twice as fast as I write journalism. My blog publishing output decreased–and will continue to–because I’m focusing more of my time and effort on fiction. That said, I still wrote quite a bit on the topic of repentance. What is repentance? Why do we do it? How do we repent? And what is our assurance in repentance? Check out all the new words and please share!
Words Per Day
Sunday, April 22: 0 words
Monday, April 23: 3,308 words (fiction)
Tuesday, April 24: 264 words (fiction)
Wednesday, April 25: 1,222 words (blog and fiction)
Thursday, April 26: 2,744 words (blog)
Friday, April 27: 0 words
Saturday, April 28: 717 words (fiction)
Week 17 (April 22 – 28) Totals
Last week, I wrote 8,255 words and spent about 5 hours writing, averaging 1,738 words per hour.
2018 Totals
Since the beginning of 2018, I’ve written about 129,834 words and spent approximately 89 hours writing.
Published Writing From Last Week
Empowering Refugees to Stay Close to Home: Part I – How does the Church empower refugees to stay in or near their homelands, rather than seek resettlement in faraway countries? I propose four practical actions; here are the first two.
Writing Tracker – Week 16 (April 15 – 21) – Follow along as I track progress toward my writing goals. Here’s an update from the sixth week of the year.
Here’s What’s Coming Up
In the near future, I’m planning to write more in my series about the Kardashev Scale, which I’ve been steadily plugging away at, and how it might come into contact with the Kingdom of God. I’m also working on pieces related to Bonhoeffer’s theology and how it may be applicable today, and what the gig economy might mean for Christians specifically.
Why Sharing Your Goals Is Important
Accountability: Because my writing goals for 2018 are to 1) post at least twice per week on this blog and 2) publish a book online, I know that I need to hold myself accountable and be held accountable by others. Making my writing statistics is one way for me to do that. With my writing production out in the open, others can see if I’m keeping up. If I’m not, they can give me the necessary encouragement/kick. Posting my stats also keeps me personally motivated. I don’t want to be embarrassed by falling behind my goals in public!
Inspiration: Assuming I can maintain my writing production at a level I’m satisfied with, I hope it will be an inspiration to other writers. I work full-time and have a number of ongoing commitments, but because writing is important to me, I make the time. You can too. Even 15-minute writing sprints over the course of weeks and months really adds up.
Data Tracking: I love seeing trends in data almost as much as I love writing. Amateur data analysis is incredibly easy today, and I love to see my numbers crunched. It’s fun and fascinating, but it also helps me write. Tracking my writing means I know how much I can write per genre, per hours; I know my pace; I know how much time I’m actually dedicating to writing; and I can see how my writing accumulates and improves over time.
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