Halfway done!
Back when it was five days in, it seemed like we were in for a longer journey than we bargained for. But then before we knew it, we’re at the halfway point. Guess that means writing a little bit every day isn’t as hard as we thought, eh? Eh? But we knew that already. ;)
The tally:
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1. Merrilee Faber — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/MerrileeFaber
Day 16: 251 words
Day 15: 814 words
Day 14: 0 days – Reprieve
Day 13: 679 words
Day 12: 1421 words
Day 11: 1553 words
Day 10: 266 words
Day 9: 945 words
Day 8: 482 words
Day 7: 276 words
6,687 words
Day 6: 475 words
Day 5: 0 – Reprieve
Day 4: 312 words
Day 3: 257 words
Day 2: 924 words
Day 1: 1056 words
3,024 words
Highest WC: 1,553 words
Total WC: 9,711 words
Reprieves left: 0
2. Cassie — 10 minutes a day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/JCHart
Day 16: 30 minutes
Day 15: 10 minutes
Day 14: 0 minutes – Reprieve
Day 13: 10 minutes
Day 12: 0 minutes – Reprieve
Day 11: 10 minutes
Day 10: 10 minutes
Day 9: 10 minutes
Day 8: 10 minutes
Day 7: 10 minutes
90 minutes
Day 6: 10 minutes
Day 5: 10 minutes
Day 4: 12 minutes
Day 3: 10 minutes
Day 2: 12 minutes
Day 1: 11 minutes
1 hour, 5 minutes
Longest Writing Streak: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes
Reprieves left: 0
3. KLCtheBookWorm — 250 words per day.
blog: Discipline Under Fire
Day 16: 321 words
Day 15: 314 words
Day 14: 306 words
Day 13: 326 words
Day 12: 290 words
Day 11: 292 words
Day 10: 446 words
Day 9: 251 words
Day 8: 443 words
Day 7: 363 words
3,352 words
Day 6: 400 words
Day 5: 386 words
Day 4: 516 words
Day 3: 359 words
Day 2: 267 words
Day 1: 373 words
2,301 words
Highest WC: 516 words
Total WC: 5,653 words
Reprieves left: 4
4. Angie B. — 250 words per day.
blog: Lost in L.A.
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 350 words
Day 14: 250 words
Day 13: 250 words
Day 12: 600 words
Day 11: 750 words
Day 10: 1875 words
Day 9: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 8: 300 words
Day 7: 750 words
5,125 words
Day 6: 825 words
Day 5: 1250 words
Day 4: 2250 words
Day 3: 476 words
Day 2: 310 words
Day 1: 412 words
5,523 words
Highest WC: 2,250 words
Total WC: 10,648 words
Reprieves left: 2
5. Najela — 250 words per day.
blog: One Big Adventure
Day 6: 0 words – Knock-Out
Day 5: 653 words
Day 4: 304 words
Day 3: 92 words – Reprieve
Day 2: 604 words
Day 1: 340 words
Highest WC: 653 words
FINAL WC: 1,993 words
6. J.C. Martin — 500 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/JCMartin_author
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 1004 words
Day 14: 581 words
Day 13: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 12: 950 words
Day 11: 609 words
Day 10: 607 words
Day 9: 661 words
Day 8: 1552 words
Day 7: 527 words
6,491 words
Day 6: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 5: 940 words
Day 4: 645 words
Day 3: 1002 words
Day 2: 555 words
Day 1: 554 words
3,696 words
Highest WC: 1,552 words
Total WC: 10,187 words
Reprieves left: 0
7. packsister — 1/3rd a page a day.
blog: The Awake Ones
Day 16: 2 1/2 pages
Day 15: 3 pages
Day 14: 1/3rd a page
Day 13: 2/3rd a page
Day 12: 0 pages – Reprieve
Day 11: 0 pages – Reprieve
Day 10: 2/3rd a page
Day 9: 1/3rd a page
Day 8: 1/2 a page
Day 7: 1 page
9 pages
Day 6: 1/3rd a page
Day 5: 1/3rd a page
Day 4: 1/2 a page
Day 3: 1/3rd a page
Day 2: 1/2 a page
Day 1: 1 page
3 pages
Most Pages (in a day): 3 pages
Total Pages: 12 pages
Reprieves left: 1
8. Ryan G. Sanders — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/RG_Sanders
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 302 words
Day 14: 842 words
Day 13: 298 words
Day 12: ???
Day 11: ???
Day 10: ???
Day 9: ???
Day 8: ??? – You can’t change your target once NPI begins unfortunately. That’s not really fair to the other participants who have already failed. :(
If you can get me approximate wordcounts for these days, I’d really appreciate it.
Day 7: 299 words
1,741 words
Day 6: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 5: 250 words
Day 4: 715 words
Day 3: 611 words
Day 2: 400 words
Day 1: 283 words
2,259 words
Highest WC: 842 words
Total WC: 4,000 words
Reprieves left: ?
9. Karen JM — 250 words per day.
blog: Catherine Mede Writes
Day 14: 0 words – Knock Out
Day 13: 1137 words
Day 12: 287 words
Day 11: 2035 words
Day 10: 680 words
Day 9: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 8: 759 words
Day 7: 871 words
5,769 words
Day 6: 1195 words
Day 5: 836 words
Day 4: 380 words
Day 3: 780 words
Day 2: 750 words
Day 1: 0 words – Reprieve
3,941 words
Highest WC: 2,035 words
FINAL WC: 9,710 words
10. A. M. Harte — 200 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/am_harte
Day 16: 250 words
Day 15: 301 words
Day 14: 207 words
Day 13: 223 words
Day 12: 207 words
Day 11: 1553 words
Day 10: 229 words
Day 9: 546 words
Day 8: 425 words
Day 7: 203 words
4,144 words
Day 6: 984
Day 5: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 4: 201
Day 3: 302
Day 2: 410
Day 1: 203
2,100 words
Highest WC: 1,553 words
Total WC: 6,244 words
Reprieves left: 2
12. Nick Enlowe — 30 minutes a day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/NickEnlowe
Day 16: 0 minutes – Reprieve
Day 15: 2 hours
Day 14: 45 minutes
Day 13: 1 hour 20 minutes
Day 12: 1 hour 30 minutes
Day 11: 2 hours
Day 10: 50 minutes
Day 9: 1 hour 30 minutes
Day 8: 0 minutes – Reprieve
Day 7: 58 minutes
9 hours, 55 minutes
Day 6: 2 hours
Day 5: 56 minutes
Day 4: 30 minutes
Day 3: 50 minutes
Day 2: 2 hours
Day 1: 42 minutes
6 hours, 58 minutes
Longest Writing Streak: 2 hours
Total Time: 16 hours, 53 minutes
Reprieves left: 1
13. Portia — 500 words per day.
blog: elle écrit
Day 5: 0 words – Knock Out
Day 4: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 3: 500
Day 2: 500
Day 1: 500
Highest WC: 500 words
FINAL WC: 1,500 words
14. Julie– 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jflamingo2
Day 12: 0 words – Knock Out
Day 11: 102 words – Reprieve
Day 10: 218 words
Day 9: 92 words – Reprieve
Day 8: 321 words
Day 7: 324 words
1,057 words
Day 6: 336 words
Day 5: 537 words
Day 4: 456 words
Day 3: 1020 words
Day 2: 404 words
Day 1: 884 words
3,637 words
Highest WC: 1,020 words
FINAL WC: 4,694 words
15. Emma Newman — 1,000 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/EmApocalyptic
Day 16: 6131 words
Day 15: 2807 words
Day 14: 1556 words
Day 13: 1331 words
Day 12: 1080 words
Day 11: 1005 words
Day 10: 1056 words
Day 9: 2050 words
Day 8: 1480 words
Day 7: 1037 words
19,533 words
Day 6: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 5: 1243 words
Day 4: 1156 words
Day 3: 1539 words
Day 2: 1436 words
Day 1: 1132 words
6,506 words
Highest WC: 6,131 words
Total WC: 26,039 words
Reprieves left: 3
16. Kerryn — 100 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/kerrynangell
Day 16: ???
Day 15: ???
Day 14: 158 words
Day 13: 122 words.
Day 12: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 11: 136 words
Day 10: 916 words
Day 9: 187 words
Day 8: 128 words
Day 7: 120 words
1,767 words
Day 6: 111 words
Day 5: 215 words
Day 4: 181 words
Day 3: 119 words
Day 2: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 1: 178 words
804 words
Highest WC: 916 words
Total WC: 2,571 words
Reprieves left: 0
17. Camilla — 100 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/camillabrokking
Day 3: 0 words – Knock-out
Day 2: 200
Day 1: 0 words – Reprieve
Highest WC: 200 words
FINAL WC: 200 words
18. cbrett60 — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/cbrett60
Day 4: 176 words – Knock-out
Day 3: 312 words
Day 2: 257 words
Day 1: 0 words – Reprieve
Highest WC: 312 words
FINAL WC: 745 words
19. Aliza Mann — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/AlizaMannAuthor
Day 15: 200 words – Knock Out
Day 14: 235 words
Day 13: 600 words
Day 12: 423 words
Day 11: 205 words – Reprieve
Day 10: 255 words
Day 9: 250 words
Day 8: 325 words
Day 7: 275 words
2,768 words
Day 6: 374 words
Day 5: 559 words
Day 4: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 3: 351 words
Day 2: 323 words
Day 1: 252 words
1,859 words
Highest WC: 600 words
FINAL WC: 4,627 words
20. Anna Caro — 250 words per day.
blog: Anna Caro
twitter: http://twitter.com/anna_caro_nz
Day 16: 260 words
Day 15: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 14: 294 words
Day 13: 256 words
Day 12: 385 words
Day 11: 383 words
Day 10: 297 words
Day 9: 292 words
Day 8: 270 words
Day 7: 0 words – Reprieve
2,437 words
Day 6: 285
Day 5: 270
Day 4: 250
Day 3: 498
Day 2: 506
Day 1: 1526
3,335 words
Highest WC: 1,526 words
Total WC: 5,772 words
Reprieves left: 1
21. NewToWritingGirl — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/new2writinggirl
Day 16: 776 words
Day 15: 508 words
Day 14: 508 words
Day 13: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 12: 1041 words
Day 11: 279 words
Day 10: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 9: 936 words
Day 8: 566 words
Day 7: 1139 words
5753 words
Day 6: 343 words
Day 5: 358 words
Day 4: 300 words
Day 3: 346 words
Day 2: 302 words
Day 1: 484 words
2,133 words
Highest WC: 1,139 words
Total WC: 7,886 words
Reprieves left: 0
23. Douglas Wynne — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/Doug_Wynne
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 287 words
Day 14: 1235 words
Day 13: 276 words
Day 12: 1031 words
Day 11: 253 words
Day 10: 642 words
Day 9: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 8: 467 words
Day 7: 256 words
4,447 words
Day 6: 305 words
Day 5: 511 words
Day 4: 378 words
Day 3: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 2: 523 words
Day 1: 265 words
1,982 words
Highest WC: 1,235 words
Total WC: 5,682 words
Reprieves left: 0
24. Cindy Marie Jenkins — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/TENscribeshop
Day 12: 0 words – Knock Out
Day 11: 301 words
Day 10: 260 words
Day 9: 775 words
Day 8: 442
Day 7: 0 words – Reprieve
1,778 words
Day 6: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 5: 301
Day 4: 477
Day 3: 575
Day 2: 575
Day 1: 350
2,278 words
Highest WC: 775 words
FINAL WC: 4,056 words
25. Lisa — 250 words per day.
blog: One Madwoman’s One Million Words
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 1359 words
Day 14: 291 words
Day 13: 387 words
Day 12: 354 words
Day 11: 475 words
Day 10: 36 words – Reprieve
Day 9: 500 words
Day 8: 1066 words
Day 7: 614 words
5,082 words
Day 6: 346 words
Day 5: 343 words
Day 4: 1380 words
Day 3: 1576 words
Day 2: 560 words
Day 1: 417 words
4,622 words
Highest WC: 1,576 words
Total WC: 9,704 words
Reprieves left: 1
26. Debbie Curan — 250 words per day.
blog: words ‘n’ whimsy
Day 16: 262 words
Day 15: 1650 words
Day 14: 1356 words
Day 13: 362 words
Day 12: 267 words
Day 11: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 10: 310 words
Day 9: 286 words
Day 8: 251 words
Day 7: 378 words
5,122 words
Day 6: 322 words
Day 5: 310 words
Day 4: 833 words
Day 3: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 2: 273 words
Day 1: 254 words
1,992 words
Highest WC: 1,650 words
Total WC: 7,114 words
Reprieves left: 0
27. Cinette — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/CinetteS
Day 15: 0 words – Knock Out
Day 14: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 13: 330
Day 12: 261
Day 11: 280
Day 9: 310
Day 8: 460
Day 7: 182 – Reprieve
1,823 words
Day 6: 250 words
Day 5: 253 words
Day 4: 387 words
Day 3: 358 words
Day 2: 474 words
Day 1: 0 words – Reprieve
1,722 words
Highest WC: 474 words
FINAL WC: 3,545 words
28. Kakapo — 250 words per day.
twitter: http://twitter.com/kakapo1
Day 16: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 15: 277 words
Day 14: 605 words
Day 13: 530 words
Day 12: 305 words
Day 11: 633 words
Day 10: 560 words
Day 9: 532 words
Day 8: 696 words
Day 7: 0 words – Reprieve
4,138 words
Day 6: 0 words – Reprieve
Day 5: 252 words
Day 4: 489 words
Day 3: 584 words
Day 2: 238 words
Day 1: 505 words
2,068 words
Highest WC: 696 words
Total WC: 6,206 words
Reprieves left: 0
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(If there’s question marks, that means I couldn’t figure out where you were posting your results. Also if you notice any other mistakes, please let me know.)
Lots more faily-trousers this time (Uh, which one of you coined the term ‘faily-trousers’? I love that). Those still innit, hang in there! The second half goes a lot easier than the first.





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Comment by Cassie — October 17, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
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Comment by Nick Enlowe — October 17, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
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Comment by Cassie — October 17, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
Great job everyone! It’s wonderful to see how many are keeping it up!
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Comment by packsister — October 18, 2010 @ 5:55 am
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Comment by Nick Enlowe — October 18, 2010 @ 8:41 am
On twitter a few days ago, @TENscribeshop said “Setting my #novelpi goal to only 250 words a day proves to me how small a task that word count actually is” and that really struck me as evidence that novelpi is great for breaking down our self-limiting perceptions about what we can manage every day. And seeing so many people regularly going over the goal is so great.
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Comment by Emma Newman — October 18, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Sorry for the delay and thanks again, for keeping all of this updated! :)
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Comment by Angie B. — October 18, 2010 @ 11:08 am
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Comment by Merrilee Faber — October 18, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
[...] it’s still tough. You have to be there with your WIP every day. Sixteen days in, though, and writers are falling like dominoes. That sort of regular commitment in the face of life [...]
Pingback by Why I love the Novel Push Initiative | Not Enough Words — October 18, 2010 @ 4:43 pm
Well done everyone that’s still in, we’re nearly there. Anyone else regretting signing up for NaNo in 12 days…? Ha ha!
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Comment by NewToWritingGirl — October 20, 2010 @ 4:12 pm
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Comment by Nick Enlowe — October 20, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
So when’s the next one?
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Comment by Kerryn Angell — November 4, 2010 @ 6:51 am
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Comment by Nick Enlowe — November 4, 2010 @ 7:45 am