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Where can I find a word-count tool to track my writing goals?

• I'm looking for a word-count tool that will allow me to: set a goal for words written by a specific date, enter in the words I have written each day, see how many words I remaining toward my goal, and how many words I will need to average each day to reach my goal. I participated in NaNoWriMo last year and found the tracking tool on the front page very helpful. It did what I described above but I have not been able to find anything that does exactly that. Most word-count tools I have found only let me enter the amount of words I have written, but do not put those words in the context of a particular goal in a set period of time. I feel incredibly stupid using an Ask but I can't find anything that is exactly what I'm looking for. I would like this to be an Android or web app, though I have access to iOS if there's something good for an iPad.

• Answer:

  This is something you could do very easily in Excel (or Google Docs) First, make column A a list of dates from [start date] to [end date] (you can do this by putting in the first 2 dates, selecting them, and then dragging down from the right corner as far as you need to) Leave column B blank -- that's where you'll put your total word count every day. Then, over to the right, make a little box, 6 cells long, and 2 cells wide, for your summary. You want to label cells (in the left-hand of the 2 cells) the following: Current Date: Total Goal: Total Complete: Total to Go: Days Remaining: Avg per day Needed: To the right of each, of those, you want (in order) =TODAY() [this will put the current date in a cell -- it will update to the current date whenever you open the doc] =[put your goal here, 50,000 or whatever] =sum(B2:B31) [or whatever range will eventually hold all of your days of word counts] =[total goal] - [total complete] =[the last date on your list, which is the due date] - [the cell holding today()] =[total to go]/[days remaining] Then, as you update your word count every day, the other cells will automatically update with your progress, your words remaining, and the average needed per day. Let me know if that doesn't make any sense -- I'm happy to email you a sample doc that you can modify as you like.