Boy! It’s been a busy month. (Don’t worry, I sent the Duke home.)  I’ve been writing, keeping track of the NPI tallies, training at work, reading books, doing the ‘Couch-to-5k’ program, and … I’ve been being a dad. I feel so productive!

But the trick is keeping it up. Can we continue to write each and every day? I know I fall off the writing wagon sometimes, but NPI always gets me hopping back on to try again.

I’d like to thank everyone who participated, with an extra-big congratulations to everyone who finished.

Together we cranked out an average of 5,341 words per day. This was in no small part thanks to Ryan and Brian, who both went above and beyond what the Novel Push Initiative requires each day.

In all, four people ended up passing which gives us a 50/50 pass ratio.

I’ve broken down everyone’s stats below. After the breakdown, there will be an awards section.

1. Ryan G. Sanders
https://twitter.com/RG_Sanders
http://www.ryangsanders.com/

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: 0
Highest Word Count in a Day: 7,577
Lowest: 250
Average: 1,611
And the Grand Total: 48,330

2. Brian Niemeier
1,300 words per day
http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Niemeier/100002462676719
http://soulsagabooks.blogspot.com/

Pledged to write 1,300 words per day.
Number of strikes left: 3
Highest Word Count in a Day: 2,830
Lowest: 1,303
Average: 1,430.7
And the Grand Total: 42,921

3. KLC the Book Worm
http://disciplineunderfire.blogspot.com/

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: 1
Highest Word Count in a Day: 4,299
Lowest: 252
Average: 885.73
And the Grand Total: 26,572

4. Nick Enlowe
http://twitter.com/#!/NickEnlowe

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: 0
Highest Word Count in a Day: 1,391
Lowest: 250
Average: 411.36
And the Grand Total: 12,341

5. Robin Ford
http://twitter.com/#!/rakford
http://www.onemadwomansonemillionwords.blogspot.com/

Pledged to write 1,000 words per day.
Number of strikes left: Failed.
Highest Word Count in a Day: 2,000
Lowest: 1,000
Average: 350
And the Grand Total: 10,500

6. kakapo
http://twitter.com/#!/kakapo1

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: Failed.
Highest Word Count in a Day: 702
Lowest: 273
Average: 347.4
And the Grand Total: 10,422

7. Ranee Dillon
http://twitter.com/#!/raneedillon
http://raneedillon.blogspot.com/

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: Failed.
Highest Word Count in a Day: 2,179
Lowest: 502
Average: 165.26
And the Grand Total: 4,958

8. Julie
http://jflamingoreflections.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/jflamingo2

FINAL TOTAL: 4,207

Pledged to write 250 words per day.
Number of strikes left: Failed.
Highest Word Count in a Day: 705
Lowest: 254
Average: 140.23
And the Grand Total: 4,207

…AND NOW FOR THE AWARDS!

THE HIGHEST TOTAL: Ryan G. Sanders with 48,330
THE RABBIT AWARD (highest first day): Ryan G. Sanders with 4,753
MOST WORDS IN A SINGLE DAY: Ryan G. Sanders with 7,577
THE LONGEST STREAK: Brian Niemeier with 30 days
THE MOST STRIKES LEFT OVER: Brian Niemeier with all 3 strikes left
THE MOST PERFECTLY IDENTICAL TOTALS IN A ROW: Robin Ford with a streak of 1,000 words a day for 3 days.

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AND THE GRAND TOTAL IS … 160,251!!!

Congratulations everyone! I hope you enjoyed this round of the Novel Push Initiative as much as I did. Keep writing, and have a happy October. :)