Writing pace calculator
To write 50,000 words in November, write 1,667 words a day. Enter your own target and deadline for a day-by-day schedule, or your daily pace for a finish date.
Words a day by a deadline
Finish date at a daily pace
Start from a target
- 50,000 words in November
- Middle grade, 45,000 words
- Young adult, 70,000 words
- Romance, 75,000 words
- Mystery or thriller, 85,000 words
- Literary fiction, 90,000 words
- Fantasy or science fiction, 100,000 words
Genre figures are typical lengths for a first novel, not rules.
Your schedule
Write 1,667 words on each writing day to reach 50,000 by Monday, November 30, 2026.
That is 30 writing days from Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Milestones
- 25% — 12,500 words by Sunday, November 8, 2026
- 50% — 25,000 words by Sunday, November 15, 2026
- 75% — 37,500 words by Monday, November 23, 2026
- 100% — 50,000 words by Monday, November 30, 2026
Set these goals in Tabularia A 24-hour goal of 1,667 and a Total goal of 50,000, as Goals and statistics describes.
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1,667 | 2 3,334 | 3 5,000 | 4 6,667 | 5 8,334 | 6 10,000 | 7 11,667 |
| 8 13,334 | 9 15,000 | 10 16,667 | 11 18,334 | 12 20,000 | 13 21,667 | 14 23,334 |
| 15 25,000 | 16 26,667 | 17 28,334 | 18 30,000 | 19 31,667 | 20 33,334 | 21 35,000 |
| 22 36,667 | 23 38,334 | 24 40,000 | 25 41,667 | 26 43,334 | 27 45,000 | 28 46,667 |
| 29 48,334 | 30 50,000 |
Each writing day shows the running total to reach by its end.
How the numbers work
The words still to write are divided by the writing days between the start date and the deadline, counting both. Days you leave unticked are skipped, so a five-day week asks more of each day than a seven-day one. Running totals are rounded up to the whole word.
Fifty thousand words over thirty days is 1,666.67 a day, which is why the November figure is 1,667. Fall behind and the answer changes: enter what you have written and today's date, and the rest of the month carries the difference.
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