365 Club: 2017
In 2016, I participated in a year-long writing challenge, put together by the 10 Minute Novelists group. The challenge was called “365K Club,” and there were different levels of participation. Since I was new to the challenge, I joined at the “Poe” level, which aimed for a total of 100,000 words in a year (which breaks down to 275 words per day). To help keep myself motivated, and to inspire other writers to play along at home, I documented my journey using a Word Tracker and writing weekly round-up posts (which you can read here).
In total, I ended up writing 302,961 words, making the 365 Club my new favorite writing challenge.
I’m participating again in 2017, as a member of the Parrot group. Join me on my adventure! I’ll post my weekly round-ups and accountability group check-ins on this page, along with my monthly stats and any badges I’ve earned.
Round-up Posts:
JANUARY
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- Week 1: Let’s get accountable! #2017goals
- Week 2: Confronting Zero: Accountability check-in #2017goals
- Week 3: Looking Ahead: Week 3 accountability check-in
- Week 4: Twitler’s first week (and an Accountability Group check-in)
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TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 33,001
JANUARY BADGES:
FEBRUARY
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- Week 5: The January Journals: Accountability round-up, week 5
- Week 6: Love Letters: Accountability Group check-in, week 6
- Week 7: 6,510 words
- Week 8: 6,887 words
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TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 26,603
FEBRUARY BADGES:
MARCH
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- Week 9: 10,325 words
- Week 10: 10,604 words
- Week 11: 10,524 words
- Week 12: 14,104 words + Weekly & Monthly High of 5,023 words 3/21
- Week 13: 8,738 words
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TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 48,188 (Monthly Goal of 31,000 Achieved on 3/21! I’m also 1/4 of the way to my annual goal of 365,000 words!)
MARCH BADGES:
APRIL
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- Week 14: 5,731 words + 5K Walk/Run/Write Challenge 2017
- Week 15: 9,134 words
- Week 16: 6,230 words
- Week 17: 9,220 words
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APRIL BADGES:
TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 32,893
MAY
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- Week 18: 6,572 words
- Week 19: 8,642 words
- Week 20: 3,084 words
- Week 21: 6,911 words
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TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 28,044
JUNE
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- Week 22: 6,213 words
- Week 23: 3,490 words
- Week 24: 3,255 words
- Week 25: 3,850 words
- Week 26: 2,447 words
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JUNE BADGES:
TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: 13,842 words
JULY
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- Week 27: 6,731 words
- Week 28: COMING SOON!
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TOTAL WORDS WRITTEN THIS MONTH: GOAL = 31,000
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