2024 Writing – By the Numbers

If you know me in real life, you know I love analyzing things. One of my favoritest things to look at is my writing data. I love seeing which months I had the most success in and in which category and then what that looks like over time. So here’s what 2024 looked like.

All Writing Combined:

140,352

Number of Words By Month:

January:  9,017

February: 19,253

March: 9,440

April: 6,562

May: 6,166

June: 9,417

July: 13,961

August: 23,215

September: 5,966

October: 13,824

November: 22,477

December: 1,054

Number of Words By Category:

Blog: 2527

Essays: 1,063

Lessons: 43,549

Lake House Mystery: 36,258

Journal: 21,503

Miscellaneous: 16,939

Short Fiction: 13,664

Poetry: 4,434

Best Month for Each Category:

Blog: January at 546

Essays: June at 487

Lessons: February at 12,031 (that surprised me – I really thought it’d be October)

Lake House Mystery: November at 18,468 (that did not surprise me)

Journal: April at 3,811

Miscellaneous:  October at 2,890

Short Fiction: June at 2,494

Poetry: February at 2,157 (that poem about teeth was LONG, y’all!)