February Sweeps, One Week In

Last week, Rish and I pledged to write every day during the month of February. Hey, it's the shortest month after all, so if we can't do it in February, then when can we do it, right? We didn't realize that it was a leap year this year though. That might change everything...

Anyway, Rish wanted to do a weekly update for the two of us where we show off our stats and measure...uh, things.

So, after day seven, here's what it looks like:

Rish: 9242
Big: 8198

Both of us have managed to write every single day of the month. Here's the daily totals.

Rish 1st: 1458 Big 1st: 1078
Rish 2nd: 1018 Big 2nd: 1160
Rish 3rd: 1335 Big 3rd: 1119
Rish 4th: 1531 Big 4th: 1137
Rish 5th: 301 Big 5th: 1088
Rish 6th: 1536 Big 6th: 1609
Rish 7th: 2063 Big 7th: 1007

Rish's goal is just to write every day, no particular word count. So, he can have a day like he had on the 5th and not have ruined everything. I swore to write one thousand words at least each day, so my totals are more consistent, if meager.

Rish has the edge on words. He's like the hare, running so fast he can barely see me back there plodding along, so then he feels okay to take a nap on the 5th. Although, that's not really fair. He would have written way more if things hadn't conspired against him. He's more like fast and steady wins the race. So, he's really like a tortoise-hare (like that old cartoon "The Wuzzles." Remember that? All the characters were two animals combined into one).



The good part is that it isn't a race. We're not trying to beat each other. We're supporting each other.

We talk to each other on a daily basis, reminding each other to write. We text each other our word count as we go. Giving updates. 316. 712. Made it, 1078! It's a lot of fun, and I think we'll both manage to keep it up the whole month through.