Word Count Widgets

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe I'm just really really slow or something... but when I multiply the daily word "goal" (1667) by the number of days... (6) I get a total like this = 10,002. However, when I use one of the widgets on the NaNo site, I get this:



Granted, it makes me look better, but still, what's with the difference?

Comments

[cheyinka]

If at 12 midnight on November 6th you have 1667*5, you're right on track. If at 11:30 pm on November 6th you have 1667*5, you're still right on track, because it's certainly doable to write 1667 words in half an hour.

[followthetisa.livejournal.com]

...and I'm all sorts of excited when I manage 700 in an hour!