writing accountability challenge
Novel November: 30-Day Draft
A current, independent November drafting challenge with daily word counts, private manuscript status, planned catch-up, and post-month revision handoff.
30 days · 1,667 words per day · private by default
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What you actually do first
- Day 1: draft forward — Day 1 of 30 · roughly 1,667 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Open on the scene you can already see; the earlier one can be written later. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 2: draft forward — Day 2 of 30 · roughly 3,334 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Write toward the next decision a character has to make. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 3: draft forward — Day 3 of 30 · roughly 5,001 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Skip the connective tissue — put [BRIDGE] and keep moving. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 4: draft forward — Day 4 of 30 · roughly 6,668 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Give a scene a concrete object to hang on. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 5: draft forward — Day 5 of 30 · roughly 8,335 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Raise the cost of what the protagonist wants. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 6: draft forward — Day 6 of 30 · roughly 10,002 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Draft badly on purpose; revision is a different month. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
- Day 7: draft forward — Day 7 of 30 · roughly 11,669 words by tonight if you are on pace · today’s target is 1,667. Reforecast from real output, not from the original plan. Change the target when project reality requires it; manuscript text stays private.
The complete 30-step path is already in Kiso.
When you miss
Reforecast the remaining target, schedule a bounded catch-up block, or lower the target. Never erase words already written.
Privacy and safety
Your proof, notes, conversations, and adaptation history stay private unless you deliberately share an action.
Who shared this path
Tom Okafor
Independent challenge. It is not affiliated with the former NaNoWriMo nonprofit, which ceased operations in 2025.
Sources and provenance
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