NaNoWriMo 2019: Day 11

Today brought my first 2,000-word day in a week. Really happy to hit that mark again, especially on a time-limited weekday. The morning session was only 844 words. The groove of the session really kicked in...just as my alarm sounded and I had to get ready for work. 

Which meant the lunch session hit the ground running. Irritatingly, I hit the end of the session without getting to the end of the scene. Oh well, I know where I'll be starting tomorrow morning.

One of the things that keeps me going is my spreadsheet. I thought I'd share it today.

Date	Today	Pace	Diff	Pace Total	Actual Total	Total Diff	Remaining
1-Nov	2,063	1,667	396	1,667	2,063	396	47,937
2-Nov	2,724	1,667	1,057	3,334	4,787	1,453	45,213
3-Nov	2,189	1,667	522	5,001	6,976	1,975	43,024
4-Nov	2,033	1,667	366	6,668	9,009	2,341	40,991
5-Nov	1,769	1,667	102	8,335	10,778	2,443	39,222
6-Nov	1,899	1,667	232	10,002	12,677	2,675	37,323
7-Nov	1,207	1,667	-460	11,669	13,884	2,215	36,116
8-Nov	1,788	1,667	121	13,336	15,672	2,336	34,328
9-Nov	1,724	1,667	57	15,003	17,396	2,393	32,604
10-Nov	1,735	1,667	68	16,670	19,131	2,461	30,869
11-Nov	2,046	1,667	379	18,337	21,177	2,840	28,823

Date - Obvious
Today - Words written on that particular day
Pace - The 1,667 words you need to hit in order to reach 50,000 words by 30 November
Diff - Today number minus Pace. I color code it so I can get my green streak.
Pace Total - The number you get if you only write 1,667 words each day.
Actual Total - The number of words I actually wrote to date.
Total Diff - Difference between Pace Total and Actual Total
Remaining - How I'm doing relative to 50,000 words

Every addition/subtraction field has the formulas built in. The green and red are conditional formatted based on the number.

This spreadsheet helped me on 7 Nov when I didn't reach the 1,667 for the day, but I knew I was ahead of the pace overall.

Do you use a spreadsheet?

Day 1: 2,063 (47,937 remaining)
Day 2: 2,724 (4,787 total; 45,213 remaining)
Day 3: 2,189 (6,976 total; 43,024 remaining)
Day 4: 2,033 (9,009 total; 40,991 remaining)
Day 5: 1,769 (10,778 total; 39,222 remaining) *Rewrite of chapter 4 
Day 6: 1,899 (12,677 total; 37,323 remaining)
Day 7: 1,207 (13,884 total; 36,116 remaining) *First sub 1,667 day
Day 8: 1,788 (15,672 total ; 34,328 remaining) *Breakthrough on where story is going
Day 9: 1,724 (17,396 total; 32,604 remaining)
Day 10: 1,735 (19,131 total; 30,869 remaining)
Day 11: 2,046 (21,177 total; 28,823 remaining)