Word trackers for National Novel Writing Month 2024.
New in 2024: a few of the themes now come with a new option of tracking either daily or total wordcount each day!
I’m not doing NaNoWriMo myself anymore after all the nonsense, so I’ve also made a new monthly challenge tracker! There’s one for every month of the year so you can pick which month(s) you do, rather than being confined to November, and still get that “NaNo feeling”.
Back to these, though: each file contains a word tracker as well as additional sheets for plotting, character development, timeline, and keeping track of your progress, chapters, story, and characters. Sample screenshots are further down this page.
There are a ton of different designs, and instructions are included. If you don’t want to pay, you can just put in “0” in the price field and you won’t be asked for any payment info! If you want to give back and help me keep making and hosting these, just choose your price during checkout or make a donation using the links further down. Thank you so much for the support!
Click on the preview images below to download each tracker, or scroll down for text links!
Daily word count, total word count, or both:
Forest // Beauty and the Beast // Halloween // Lights for the Lost Princess // Hades and Persephone // Keeper of the Books // Red Hood // Steampunk
Daily or total word count:
Thorns // Lament // Lights of Hope // Pirate’s Life // Starlight // Warrior // The Darkling // Alina // Daphne and Simon // Kate and Anthony // Han and Leia // Gandalf
I do take requests for custom designs, but every hour I spend on these is an hour I should really be spending on my actual work, so I’m only doing custom requests for people who donate. That said, if you have an idea for a feature or you’d like to see a specific artwork of mine featured, feel free to let me know!
Screenshots
FAQ // Troubleshooting
- I’m getting a “drawing conversion failed” error and the images aren’t showing up!
There are two versions of each tracker; try the .xlsx file, that should work. - I’ve found a bug in the code.
Please send me a message below, and I’ll fix it! - I don’t have Excel.
Free alternatives to Excel include LibreOffice Calc, OpenOffice Calc, and Google Sheets. - Can you make a version that’ll work on a Mac?
No. Though I’ve been told, by people who own Macs, that these do work on a Mac. - I don’t know how to use Excel.
Google “how to use Excel”, the internet is very helpful. - I edited stuff I shouldn’t have and now it’s broken, help!
Just re-download the file and start over. - Can you make a version that people can view my blog?
It’s an Excel file, so that won’t work. You can always upload it to Google Sheets and link to it, or post screenshots.
These trackers are for National Novel Writing Month 2024. If you’re looking for a year-round tracker, check out the year-round word trackers. If you’re looking to track a project over a different month, or several months, try the project word tracker.
New since 2019: a spreadsheet specifically for developing characters & plot! If you’re struggling to figure out what your story is about or who your characters are, check it out!
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