Publishing Nonfiction on Spirituality benebell wen Module 2 Completing Your Manuscript Manuscript Progress Log I use a manuscript progress log to keep me on track of my weekly target word count and toward completing the book by the target deadline. This may seem OCD and if this level of logging seems excessive to you, then it may not be for you. For me, it is exactly what facilitates the achievement of my goals and set objectives. I urge you to set a routine writing schedule. If you have never followed a writing schedule before, then it may take some time to get into, just like fitness and working out, but once you’ve established that routine, the amount of progress you can make with writing will be unbelievable. Here is an example of how I might fill out the progress log. Note that my daily target word count was 1,500. The subsequent progress log template will presume you’re going to opt for 1,000 words per week, and that you are logging your progress rather than daily, which is what I did/do. weekly Daily Word Count Target: 1,500 Target Word Count: 100,000 Date Target Word Actual Word Content Worked Count Subtotal Subtotal On Today 01/01/15 1,500 2,000 Finished the introduction. 01/02/15 3,000 2,400 Edits to intro. Started Chapter 1. 01/03/15 4,500 6,003 Completed Chapters 1, 2, and started on 3. 01/04/15 6,000 7,033 Revisited chapters to edit and expand. 01/05/15 7,500 12,001 Did lots of work today. Worked on an appendix. 01/06/15 9,000 12,001 (Did not work on ms today.) 01/07/15 10,500 12,001 (Did not work on ms 01/08/15 12,000 12,001 (Did not work on ms today.) 01/09/15 13,500 12,500 Edited chapters 1, 2, and 3.
Publishing Nonfiction on Spirituality benebell wen Module 2 Completing Your Manuscript Manuscript Progress Log I use a manuscript progress log to keep me on track of my weekly target word count and toward completing the book by the target deadline. This may seem OCD and if this level of logging seems excessive to you, then it may not be for you. For me, it is exactly what facilitates the achievement of my goals and set objectives. I urge you to set a routine writing schedule. If you have never followed a writing schedule before, then it may take some time to get into, just like fitness and working out, but once you’ve established that routine, the amount of progress you can make with writing will be unbelievable. Here is an example of how I might fill out the progress log. Note that my daily target word count was 1,500. The subsequent progress log template will presume you’re going to opt for 1,000 words per week, and that you are logging your progress weekly rather than daily, which is what I did/do. Daily Word Count Target: 1,500 Target Word Count: 100,000 Date Target Word Count Subtotal Actual Word Subtotal Content Worked On Today 01/01/15 1,500 2,000 Finished the introduction. 01/02/15 3,000 2,400 Edits to intro. Started Chapter 1. 01/03/15 4,500 6,003 Completed Chapters 1, 2, and started on 3. 01/04/15 6,000 7,033 Revisited chapters to edit and expand. 01/05/15 7,500 12,001 Did lots of work today. Worked on an appendix. 01/06/15 9,000 12,001 (Did not work on ms today.) 01/07/15 10,500 12,001 (Did not work on ms 01/08/15 12,000 12,001 (Did not work on ms today.) 01/09/15 13,500 12,500 Edited chapters 1, 2, and 3.
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