I feel like a challenge

I have the intention of writing about 3,000 words today by 4 pm, but I’ve noticed I’m writing at a really nice pace (using timed writing, during my scheduled writing time) and I’m thinking I might like to try a personal challenge today.

I think I’ll try to write my 3,000 by 12 today and take the afternoon to do some proofreading I’ve been putting off.

The first set of numbers is cumulative, the second set is by session. I’ll update as I go.

words time wph words time wph
284 15 1,136 284 15 1,136

Ah! I slowed down considerably for the next few sessions, but I’m going to keep trying. I’m also about an hour behind after a few unexpected interruptions.

words time wph words time wph
284 15 1,136 284 15 1,136
466 30 932 182 15 728
638 45 851 172 15 688
802 60 802 164 15 656

Well, that didn’t work out. :)

words time wph words time wph
284 15 1,136 284 15 1,136
466 30 932 182 15 728
638 45 851 172 15 688
802 60 802 164 15 656
1,030 75 824 228 15 912
1,216 90 811 186 15 744

As you can see, I only managed 90 minutes of timed writing sessions during the 9–12 portion of my schedule today. I will need to improve that considerably to end up where I want to end up today.

My revised challenge is to keep up my pace and reach 3020 today before 4 pm.

The following chart shows where I should be at the end of each hour—not timed hour of writing, but the hour into my schedule. 9–12 comprises hours 1–3, and 1–4 comprises hours 4–6.

3,020
1 503 284
2 1,007 466
3 1,510 1,216
4 2,013
5 2,517
6 3,020

I definitely didn’t meet this challenge but I’m not too far behind where I should be at this time so that’s good. :)

I’ll be back after lunch.

I’m back! And… ouch.

words time wph words time wph
284 15 1,136 284 15 1,136
466 30 932 182 15 728
638 45 851 172 15 688
802 60 802 164 15 656
1,030 75 824 228 15 912
1,216 90 811 186 15 744
1,404 110 766 188 20 564
1,514 120 757 110 10 660
1,717 135 763 203 15 812
1,841 145 762 124 10 744
2,082 165 757 241 20 723
3,020
1 503 284
2 1,007 466
3 1,510 1,216
4 2,013 1,514
5 2,517 2,082
6 3,020

As you can see, my pace has settled around 700ish words an hour since lunch and that means I’m behind, mostly because I just cannot get my timed writing to match up to my scheduled time. I’m at 2.75 hours of timed writing even though I’ve been “on the clock” for 5. I have one hour to complete my words or I’ll end up writing past 4 pm (because I’m getting 3000 words today, one way or another).

Okay, final numbers for the day. I did make it to 3,000, but not before 4 pm. I stopped at about 5:09. However, 240 minutes is only 4 hours but I worked for 7. Not a great work/break ratio there.

words time wph words time wph
284 15 1,136 284 15 1,136
466 30 932 182 15 728
638 45 851 172 15 688
802 60 802 164 15 656
1,030 75 824 228 15 912
1,216 90 811 186 15 744
1,404 110 766 188 20 564
1,514 120 757 110 10 660
1,717 135 763 203 15 812
1,841 145 762 124 10 744
2,082 165 757 241 20 723
2,309 180 770 227 15 908
2,581 195 794 272 15 1,088
2,764 210 790 183 15 732
2,937 225 783 173 15 692
3,196 240 799 259 15 1,036