So, I mentioned my pledge to write 200,000 words in January with Get Your Words Out. I’m doing weekly word count updates on my writing blog, but here I’ll stick to monthly word counts.

Here’s what counts towards my word counts
- blog posts (here and on my writing site)
- fanfiction
- original short stories
- my novel (when I start it – I’m still planning)
- poetry
Get Your Words Out has a list of what counts. This is what I’m including (withing those guidelines).
200,000 words a year works out at 548 a day, which isn’t that much and somewhere around 17,000 words a month and let me tell you, I hit that target on the 20th of the month. I am way ahead right now and it’s been really nice because it’s meant that I could take a day off here and there to do other things online and read or just not write when I’ve been feeling too depressed or too tired.

I like writing though, I really do and it’s only the depression that’s ever held me back. I get Writer’s Apathy, rather than Writer’s block. During the week I write as soon as Snappy has gone to
I’m using an awesome spreadsheet to track everything that was made by Tryslora. I’ve tweaked the colours but it’s really good for seeing the numbers change and go up and allows for multiple projects. It colours it red and green depending on if you’ve hit your target for the say or not and as you can see a lot of it is green.
I don’t know how long I’ll keep this pace up. I think if anything it will slow as the weather improves but either way, as soon as Snappy goes to bed I still have a lot of time to write before I go to bed. It’s just the way of the writer mum.
This Months Work
January’s word count comes in at 26,541 words! So what have I written this month? Let’s have a look.
Blog Posts
- Into 2019
- 2019 Writing Goals
- Writer’s Block Vs. Writer’s Apathy
Fiction
- Flights Of Fancy (urban fairy WIP)
- Winter’s Burn – witches,
lgbtq characters, set in Wales
Fanfiction
- Dragon Age drabble – Josephine/F!Trevelyan – (Patreon Only)
- She-Ra ficlet – Nine Nights In – Adora/Catra
- Dragon Age – I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea – Josephine/F!Hawke
- She-Ra – Birthday Card – Adora/Catra
Poetry
I can’t believe I’ve written this much to be honest, it’s been a good month with only one day where I didn’t write anything because I was ill.
Well done on smashing your target, I think a target like that for words would scare me #KCACOLS
Well done for hitting your target so quickly! Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
Oh wow, that’s a lot of words! I’m not sure I have that much to say! Haha! Well done and here’s to smashing your goal again in February! #KCACOLS
congratulations. Thats an awesome accomplishment #KCACOLS
Thank you! It was a good month.
This is a really good idea and I love the idea of Trylora. I’ve got an outline for a book, just got to write it… #kcacols
Isn’t that always the case!
Congratulations you’ve absolutely smashed it! #KCACOLS
Thank you!
Initially it sounded like an unreachable target but well done, you smashed it!! #KCACOLS
I thought it did too, but when you break it down it’s not so bad.
Bread, you amaze me! That is incredible. I strive to be able to write every day. Someday. #kcacols xoxo
Thank you. This month has been far more challenging in terms of writing every day though!