So why have a daily minimum number of words at all? Having that daily minimum number means that no matter how hectic a day may get, you have made writing a big enough priority that somehow, someway, you’ll find 10 minutes to sit down to write those 100 words. It keeps the challenge going instead of giving you an excuse to quit. It also means you don’t have to make up the words the next day.
What it allows you to do is to be disappointed you didn’t reach 1000 words one day without thinking you failed the overall challenge. This minimum should only come into play when something unexpected happens to prevent you from writing, not because of writer’s block. Again, if you are barely making 100 words each day, then your original goal of 1000 was unrealistic. You either aren’t truly committed to writing 1000 words a day, or 1000 words a day is too ambitious a goal for you. If you can’t write 100 words one day during the challenge, then one of two issues is going on. Instead of failing by not writing 1000 words, you only fail if you don’t write 100 words. The biggest change is that it redefines failure. While this may seem like a silly little thing, it can make a huge difference when it comes to the way you process the challenge. For example, if you want to write 1000 words a day, the absolute minimum you will write in a day would be 100 words. A good number for this is 10% of you daily word goal. In addition to your daily goal, you want to set an absolute minimum number of words you will write each day. There is a simple solution to this which will greatly increase your chances of completing the challenge without quitting in the middle. This is a complete shame because, in many cases, they were still writing more than they were before the challenge, just not their predetermined goal. The result is many get behind to the point where they don’t feel they can make up for the past days and quit. They then try to make up for the words they failed to write the previous day in addition to their normal daily goal. What often happens is a writer sets a daily goal, but something happens one day which prevents them from achieving the number of words they set.
If you have taken one of these challenges in the past, you may not have managed to complete it. 1000 words a day is a good starting numner if you aren’t sure how much you have been writing. It can be any number that fits your writing goal, and it can be higher or lower depending on your circumstances. The actual number of words you choose to try to write daily doesn’t have to be 1000. If you find yourself in a position where you aren’t writing as much as you would like to, a great way to push yourself to do more is to do a 1000-words-a-day challenge.
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