How to Track Writing Days Without Counting Words

Can I track writing days without a detailed diary?

You might be writing a book, keeping a blog or working on a personal project. A calendar can remember the days you made time for it, even when a session involved editing rather than adding lots of new text. Choose a name that includes the work you want to record.

How do I use X Calendar to record writing days?

You can start your Writing Work calendar with the next real date you want to remember. Open X Calendar, choose the activity name and mark the date after the action or day is complete.

After you finish your writing session, a short visit to Writing Work can be enough to make the entry. You do not need to wait until the end of the week and reconstruct every date. If you do come back later, mark only the dates you can remember. The record can stay lightweight while still giving you a useful picture of the activity days.

• Create a calendar called Writing Work.
• After you finish your writing session, tap that date to add an X.
• Open Writing Work whenever you want to see the dates you have marked.

What can I see when I look back at writing days?

Create Writing Work and add an X after a session. If you specifically want drafting dates, call the calendar Drafting Days and keep editing separate. Your writing app can hold versions and word counts, while the calendar stays focused on the dates you sat down to work.

Looking back can make the work easier to remember while a piece is still unfinished. You can see a few evenings or a weekend session together rather than judging the month only by new-word totals. The marks give you a simple history you can continue as the writing project develops.

Editing days can be easy to overlook if a writing record only counts new words. A calendar called Writing Work can include the drafting and editing you want to remember. If you prefer to distinguish them, use separate calendars. You can then see when each part of the project happened, without making an editing session invisible just because the word total did not rise.

Include drafting or editing as you prefer, but choose a name that tells you what the calendar covers.