Write Daily
Automatic Word Counter in Google Sheets
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Stop Guessing Your Word Count. Start Writing Daily.
Turn your Google Sheet into your ultimate, automated writing accountability partner.
The cursor is waiting. But tracking your progress shouldn't be what slows you down. Write Daily is a brilliantly automated Google Sheet designed to pull your word count directly from your Google Doc, log your daily progress, and hound you relentlessly until your masterpiece is finished.
It’s time to stop manually updating trackers and let a little spreadsheet wizardry do the heavy lifting for you.
🚀 Features & Benefits
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Automatic Hourly Tracking
- Feature: Just paste your Google Doc URL. The sheet runs a script every hour to fetch and log your current word count.
- Benefit: Never break your creative flow to manually log your progress again. You write; the sheet tracks.
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Relentless Accountability
- Feature: Built-in automation creates daily Google Tasks and sends automated email reminders (up to 6 times a day!).
- Benefit: Keeps your goals front and center. You simply can't ignore your commitment to write today.
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Literary Legend Milestones
- Feature: Enter your daily word goal, and the sheet compares your pace to famous authors—from James Joyce to Stephen King.
- Benefit: Instant inspiration. See exactly whose legendary footsteps you are walking in every time you sit down at the keyboard.
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Project Scope Recognition
- Feature: Input your total word goal, and the sheet automatically categorizes your work (Micro Fiction, Short Story, Novella, Novel).
- Benefit: Gives you immediate clarity and perspective on the scale of the world you are building.
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Visual Progress Dashboard
- Feature: A clean, beautiful dashboard showing your daily goal, overall target, remaining words, and days left.
- Benefit: Provides a constant, motivating visual representation of how close you are to typing "The End."
⚙️ How It Works in 3 Steps
- Paste Your Link: Drop your Google Doc URL into the designated cell.
- Set Your Goal: Define your daily and total word count targets.
- Enable Automations: Click a button in the custom menu to turn on hourly tracking, tasks, and email reminders.
Ready to wield your words?