NovelEmber 2025

The Goal

I want to make as much progress as possible on the initial draft of the first Kingslayer novel.
  As of the beginning of November, it has a total of 5614 words, and I aim to reach 60000 16000 words by the end of the month.

The Mood

The Progress

Week 1 - Preparation

I wrapped up OC-tober 2025 and got some organizational stuff done that might get in the way. So, the challenge started properly on the evening of Saturday, November 8.

Week 2 - Warming Up

I alternated between writing new scenes and translating those from the English draft that I had not yet transferred to the German one. The latter changed slightly as I rewrote them. Also, I spent time preparing for WorldEmber which will focus on the same story. One such preparation was the mood board above. Finally, now that I had a sample of my writing speed, I adapted the word count goal to be more realistic.
 

Day	Old Count	New Count	Progress
Nov 8	5614	5872	258
Nov 9	5872	6833	961
Nov 10	6833	6833	0
Nov 11	6833	7728	895
Nov 12	7728	7728	0
Nov 13	7728	7846	118
Nov 14	7846	8308	462

Week 3

I mostly wrote during the weekend and around the middle of the week when we had a holiday over here. Social life took priority during the other days. I got helpful input on this project from my friend, but I also got distracted by the urge to draw a silly meme and by practicing with an art medium that might become a favorite of mine.
 

Day	Old Count	New Count	Progress
Nov 15	8308	8878	570
Nov 16	8878	9929	1051
Nov 17	9929	9929	0
Nov 18	9929	10693	764
Nov 19	10693	10996	303
Nov 20	10996	10996	0
Nov 21	10996	10996	0

Week 4

I was fighting the strong urge to rewrite the existing scenes. On some days, the draft felt really off - but I managed to only write down notes for the first editing round and leave the existing scenes in their flawed state.
 

Day	Old Count	New Count	Progress
Nov 22	10996	10996	0
Nov 23	10996	11171	175
Nov 24	11171	11764	575
Nov 25	11764	12136	390
Nov 26	12136	12742	606
Nov 27	12742	12742	0
Nov 28	12742	13495	753