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The Words Count community completed its sixth year on April 28th! Congratulations to everyone who participated this year and a special thanks to oriolegirl without whom this comm would not be possible.
I went back through the Year 6 spreadsheet to change it to match the comm's current tracking method. This means that anyone who did not participate in a given week was removed from that week's totals and their goals did not count for that week.
Total number of unique participants: 31
Total combined goal: 1,434,441 Total words written: 1,746,528 Difference: +312,087
Beta: 15 Edited: 221 Cheered: 975 (Cheered is difficult to count. I did not track each comment but did track how many days an individual cheered over the year.)
Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 52 (April 22-28, 2013).
The community's combined goal for the week was 16,650 words and we beat that with a very nice 17,634. Way to go, writers!!!
6 people participated this week. We had 5 writers and 4 of them beat their goals. We also had 2 editor and 3 cheerleaders. Woohoo!!!
These stats are from the Dreamwidth and LiveJournal communities combined. I usually compile the statistics for the prior week during the day on the following Tuesday and post them when I get home that Tuesday night. Anything posted for the week being totaled by midnight eastern on the following Monday will be in the totals. If you comment in the prior week during the day on Tuesday, there's no guarantee it will be included. Please let me know if I made any mistakes so I can fix them. I apologize for being late with this week's totals, but we had passes to see Iron Man 3 last night.
clare_dragonfly wrote 11,040 words, edited on 1 days, and had a goal of 8,000 words per week.
jaekayelle wrote 2,568 words, edited on 2 days, cheered on 5 days, and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days a week)
leia_solo wrote 2,898 words and had a goal of 7,000 words (1,000 words a day * 7 days a week)
oriolegirl cheered on 7 days and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days)
silver_cyanne wrote 401 words, cheered on 7 days, and had a goal of 350 words (50 words a day * 7 days)
velocitygrass wrote 727 words and had a goal of 500 words (100 words a day * 5 days)
Birth anniversary of women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97), who wrote in 1790, “Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.” If you write, edit, and/or beta today, tell us about it.
Today is the anniversary of the 1936 bombing of Guernica, Spain, and the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.
In 1800, the Library of Congress was founded when Congress approved an act providing “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress.” If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.
Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 51 (April 15-21, 2013).
The community's combined goal for the week was 25,150 words and we were close with 19,436. Congrats to all our writers!!!
8 people participated this week. We had 7 writers and 3 of them beat their goals. We also had 1 editor and 3 cheerleaders. Yay!!!!
These stats are from the Dreamwidth and LiveJournal communities combined. I usually compile the statistics for the prior week during the day on the following Tuesday and post them when I get home that Tuesday night. Anything posted for the week being totaled by midnight eastern on the following Monday will be in the totals. If you comment in the prior week during the day on Tuesday, there's no guarantee it will be included. Please let me know if I made any mistakes so I can fix them.
clare_dragonfly wrote 9,434 words and had a goal of 8,000 words per week.
jaekayelle wrote 476 words, edited on 1 day, and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days a week)
lauramcewan wrote 1,716 words, cheered on 2 days, and had a goal of 1,000 words (200 words a day * 5 days)
leia_solo wrote 2,825 words and had a goal of 7,000 words (1,000 words a day * 7 days a week)
oriolegirl cheered on 7 days and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days)
silver_cyanne wrote 102 words, cheered on 7 days, and had a goal of 350 words (50 words a day * 7 days)
snowpuppies wrote 395 words and had a goal of 1,000 words.
subluxate wrote 4,488 words and had a goal of 7,000 words (1,000 words a day * 7 days)
Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 50 (April 8-14, 2013).
The community's combined goal for the week was 10,150 words and we were very close with 8,730. Yay, writers!!!!
7 people participated this week. We had 6 writers and 2 of them beat their goals. We also had 1 beta, 1 editor, and 3 cheerleaders. Woohoo!!!!
These stats are from the Dreamwidth and LiveJournal communities combined. I usually compile the statistics for the prior week during the day on the following Tuesday and post them when I get home that Tuesday night. Anything posted for the week being totaled by midnight eastern on the following Monday will be in the totals. If you comment in the prior week during the day on Tuesday, there's no guarantee it will be included. Please let me know if I made any mistakes so I can fix them.
calissa wrote 219 words and had a goal of 500 words per week
jaekayelle wrote 244 words, cheered on 1 day, and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days a week)
leia_solo wrote 3,980 words and had a goal of 7,000 words (1,000 words a day * 7 days a week)
oriolegirl cheered on 6 days and had a goal of 400 words (100 words a day * 4 days)
silver_cyanne wrote 1,370 words, betaed on 1 day, edited on 1 day, cheered on 5 days, and had a goal of 350 words (50 words a day * 7 days)
snowpuppies wrote 260 words and had a goal of 1,000 words.
velocitygrass wrote 2,657 words and had a goal of 500 words (100 words a day * 5 days)
Today is Emancipation Day, the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia (1862). If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the 20th century when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, post a comment here telling us about it.
Words Count The purpose of this community is for writers to set a daily or weekly writing goal in the hopes that having a deadline will actually result in words on the page. Members of the group also encourage each other and celebrate our accomplishments. Please see the general introductory post which has all the details.
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