You all know I'm not doing NaNo, but I am writing. And a couple of days ago I put a word count progress bar on my blog. Why you ask?
1. I am a visual person. I like actually seeing progress toward my goal and the progress bar moving up motivates me to put every little word on there to push it just a little more.
2. It makes me accountable. Everyone can see what I have or haven't done.
3. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. Even on the days when my word count is low I can see how far I've come.
If you have a blog, this website has some free Writing Progress Bars you can use.
If you have an android phone, this app can track your progress.
Try it for a little while and just see if it doesn't help motivate you a little more. I know it worked for me!
7 comments:
I tried to put one of those progress bars up on my blog, for the the life of me, I couldn't do it! They are inspiring.
Debra, if you have Blogger, you just choose "Add a gadget" then pick HTML and put the code in there. Easy peasy! You can do it. :)
I'm using the one on the NaNo site. I wish it had different options for entering your word count. It would make sense if I were doing it the old way in Word, but since I'm doing it in chapters in Scriveners, it's kind of a pain to keep adding up the values of each scene.
Way to go Julie on your progress! =)
I've wondered where peoples' various progress bars come from! I think they're great fun, though I haven't utilized them yet in my own web space.
I love watching mine grow! I use a basic Excel spreadsheet when I'm not doing NaNo.
I should probably do this. Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks, Jon!
Jennifer, you should try it!
Kate, that's a good idea.
Britney, you are welcome! :)
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