Words per day calculator
Enter a target word count and a deadline. This page tells you how many words to write each day, rounded up, so the last day is not short. Free, and it runs on the page.
The formula
Words per day = words still to write ÷ days left, rounded up. Days left include today and the deadline. A 50,000-word draft in 30 days is 1,667 words a day, because 50,000 ÷ 30 is 1,666.67 and the page rounds up.
If you have already written some of it, subtract that first. 10,000 words done on a 50,000-word target leaves 40,000. Over 30 days that is 1,334 words a day.
How to use the number
Split the daily number into sprints instead of facing it as one lump. At about 500 words a sprint, 1,667 words is four sprints. The writing sprint timer on this site is a plain countdown for that.
Inka can hold a daily word goal in the writing room. The default goal is 500 words, and a thin line at the bottom of the screen fills as you get closer. A target for one piece, such as a chapter, is part of Pro. This calculator does not store what you type.
Questions
- How many words a day is a 50,000-word draft in 30 days?
- 1,667 words a day, rounding up. 50,000 divided by 30 is 1,666.67.
- Does the count include today?
- Yes. If the deadline is today, the whole remainder is today's number.
- What if I have already started?
- Put the words you have in "Words already written". The daily number uses only what is left.
- Is this saved anywhere?
- No. The numbers stay in the tab.
Open this in a writing room
Inka is a free writing room in the browser. Set a daily goal, pick a room, and write. Nothing in it writes for you.