{"id":2393,"date":"2021-07-22T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2021-08-15T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T00:58:48","slug":"my-favorite-writing-tools-2-writing-trackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2021\/07\/22\/my-favorite-writing-tools-2-writing-trackers\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Writing Tools 2: Writing Trackers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you haven’t figured out by now that I’m a hopeless nerd, this part of the post ought to clarify that point. I *love* trackers. I find them motivating, and I need all the motivation I can get. I own a FitBit and obsess about my standings in the Workweek Hustle Challenge (I was even more ridiculous about it during quarantine<\/a>). I track my habits (exercise, personal development, and about six others) in Toodledoo<\/a>. And of course I track my writing. I’ve tried a few writing trackers and settled on two that I like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online Writing Log (OWL)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

OWL lets me track word count and time spent by project, set goals, and participate in challenges (though the user base is pretty small, so please sign up for OWL and join a challenge so I have more competition). It also provides me with a dashboard to show my progress by month and year and includes timers to track how long I’ve been writing or to time a sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The screenshot above shows the Activity Log. Here’s a screenshot of the dashboard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please ignore my pitiful word count. I’ve been focusing on revision this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OWL is available via a freemium model. Options are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n