Let’s say you want to finish an 80,000-word draft of your novel in three months.
Let’s say you want to finish an 80,000-word draft of your novel in three months. You’re able to write five days a week. There are 13 weeks in three months. You multiply 13 weeks by five days a week and find out you have a total of 65 writing days to reach 80,000 words. Divide 80,000 words by 65 days and that comes out to about 1,231 words a day.