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NPI – The Tally 10 Days in

Posted: March 11th, 2010 under writing.
Tags: 5-Rings, book, Nick Enlowe, novel, Novel Push Initiative, NPI, write, writer, writing

Welcome to the March 2010 Novel Push Initiative!

(It’s actually 11 days in but shhh….)

Very interesting outcome for the first 10 days. A lot of the veterans aren’t doing so hot while the newcomers are carving us a new one. There’s some serious writing going on here. People are hitting personal milestones left and right. In fact, I think we might have a lot of records set by the end of this month. We shall see!

  • The break-down:
  1. A “Knock-out” is 0-249 words. (After the Days of Reprieve are exhausted)
  2. An “Update” is 250-999 words.
  3. A  “Session” is 1,000-1,667 words.  (And earns you an extra Day of Reprieve)
  4. A “Tougher-than-NaNo” is anything greater than 1,667.
  5. A “THE END!” is when you’ve completed a WIP and type ‘THE END’.

 

Participant (1st)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Julie K. 17898 17898 1789.8
Website: Ramblings of an aspiring writer Twitter: Selestial
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
11 2579

 

 

Participant (2nd)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Megs 12433 12433 1243.3
Website: ODDS AND ENDS AND SCATTERED BITS Twitter: scatteredbits
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
5 3160

 

 

Participant (3rd)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Cassie 3842 3842 384.2
Website: J.C. Hart Twitter: JCHart
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
0 1017

 

 

Participant (4th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Nick Enlowe 3617 3617 361.7
Website: 5-Rings Twitter: NickEnlowe
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
1 1010

 

 

Participant (5th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Francesca 3447 3447 383
Website: Making It Up Twitter: f_rancesca
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
1 489

 

 

Participant (6th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Janette Dalgliesh 3270 3270 327
Website: Janette Dalgliesh Twitter: J_Dalgliesh
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
0 350

 

 

Participant (7th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Eliza 3211 3211 321.1
Website: ExploringEliza
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
0 468

 

 

Participant (8th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Little Scribbler 3186 3186 318.6
Website: Little Scribbler Twitter: littlescribbler
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
0 504

 

 

Participant (9th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
L 2178 2178 272.25
Website: The Book Bark! Twitter: thebookbark
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
1 350

 

 

Participant (10th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Merrilee Faber 1732 1732 288.667
Website: Not Enough Words Twitter: merrileefaber
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
Knock-Out 1035

 

 

Participant (11th)
Words This Round Total Words Average # of Words Per Day
Ryan G. Sanders 250 250 83.33
Website: Ryan G. Sanders
FOR A DETAILED TALLY, CLICK HERE
Days of Reprieve Left Highest wordcount
Knock-Out 250

 

So, what do you think so far? Is this easier than you thought? Harder than you thought? It looks like this has been inspiring for a lot of you, I’m so glad because that’s what this is all about!

And yes, I’m jealous of you both Julie K and Megs ;)

P.S.: The detailed tally links will work later. Putting them all in a single post makes it a mile long.

Congratulations on a very strong first 10 days, everyone! And thanks so much for participating, I’m looking forward to the final outcome!

« « NPI Roster — March 2010 | Tally Repository » »


4 Comments »

  1. I’m jealous too! Also, this round is way harder than I thought it would be, mostly because of the plague that has struck the family, and currently me. Cough cough.

    Comment by Francesca — March 11, 2010 @ 8:08 pm


  2. Honestly if I hadn’t commited to finishing this draft by this weekend, my numbers would be lower. I’ve been pushing and refusing to accept any less than 1k a day (the goal I set for myself was to get over 1k for all of the first 15 days so I could have reprieve the rest of the month if I needed it :P). I might fail in that tonight though since I’m fried, but I’m going to try.

    This is ALWAYS hard though. It’s a big commitment, but I like it because it keeps me going.

    Congrats to everyone who is still in it :)

    Comment by Julie K — March 11, 2010 @ 8:48 pm


  3. Thanks for all the hard work, Nick!

    I’m torn between frustration that work and low-level illness have made high word counts out of reach; and elation that at least I’ve not been a knock-out this time around!

    I think I’ll go with elation and just celebrate that I’m still here. :-)

    One interesting observation: for NaNoWriMo in 2009, I got myself over the line by having a scene breakdown ready to go before starting. This (different) novel is still a mystery to me as I haven’t nailed the planning down in that much detail. The hidden writing path is a slower and more difficult process for me; but I think what I actually write is of higher quality. I don’t think I can draw any conclusion from that just yet, but I shall ponder it.

    Comment by Janette Dalgliesh — March 12, 2010 @ 4:16 pm


  4. Well done everyone!

    Comment by Little Scribbler — March 13, 2010 @ 5:02 pm



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