The Power of The Magic Spreadsheet

It was a goal of mine to start writing on a regular basis this year.  I started out well enough, but my regularity didn't last very long.  I would write for a couple of days, and then, inevitably, take a few days off.  My inconsistencies were getting the best of me and my writing.  Then I discovered The Magic Spreadsheet through Mur Lafferty's podcast "I Should Be Writing."

I've been using The Magic Spreadsheet for almost two months now, and I'm happy to say that I've not missed a day of writing since I started.  Today marks day 51!  It seems that I've become regular.  You could possibly compare The Magic Spreadsheet to, wait for it, bran in a way.  Bran has the power to make you go, but The Magic Spreadsheet has the power to make you go write!  If you are a writer, you need to check this thing out.  If you haven't already, check it out here.

The beauty of the spreadsheet is that you can use it however you see fit.  I log my word count when I write fiction or when I write blog entries here or on themotolife.net.  Most of my writing is fiction.  I really need a schedule for the blogs as they are neglected on a regular basis.  Once a week for each is probably a good goal for them, I just need to decide on what days of the week the blog updates take place.  Decisions, decisions, decisions...

The spreadsheet can also be used for editing.  I haven't done this yet, but from what I understand, the consensus of users take a percentage of the words edited to use as word count.  Ten percent would give you 100 words to put toward word count for every 1,000 edited.  That however is not etched in stone.  I'll let you know how it goes when some editing gets done around here.

The point of all this though, is that The Magic Spreadsheet works.  It may not work for you, but it does for me and I know that it does for many others.  I see the proof every night when I go there to log my words for that day.  Speaking of logging words, I'm going to do that now.  So, take care and go write something.  I'll be here write 'n stuff!