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Are you on pace for a book draft? The words a week it takes from here.

Your word target and deadline in, the words a week it takes — and whether your real weeks get you there.

Working it out…

Questions

The weekly number, in plain words.

How many words a week does a book draft take?
Many novels land between 70,000 and 100,000 words. Use your own target. Spread evenly, 80,000 words is 6,666.7 words a week over 12 weeks, 3,076.9 words over 26 weeks and 1,538.5 words over 52 weeks.
What if I’m behind on writing a book draft?
Divide what’s left by the weeks left: that is your weekly number from here. With 40,000 words left and 8 weeks to go it’s 5,000 words a week; with 6 weeks to go, 6,666.7 words. Every week that slips raises it, which is why it pays to check your pace each week rather than near the end.
How can I check each week that I’m on track for a book draft?
Ceresis Core turns a book draft into a weekly target. You log what you did in one line; it measures every week against that target, says how far ahead or behind you are, and plans the catch-up over the days left. Pace checks and the weekly review are on the free plan and work without AI.

The plan around it

One number at the centre. What holds it up, in orbit.

An example plan for a book draft: the weekly number, and the sleep and routine that decide whether you keep it. Drag it, tilt it, share it with someone who keeps you honest.

Bringing the map up…

Drag a node to move it · drag space to pan · scroll or pinch to zoom · open a tracker to name its readings

Solid bodies are on target this week; hollow ones are short. Make it yours: edit this plan

Knowing the number is the easy part

Weeks slip one missed evening at a time. Ceresis measures what you actually do against that weekly number, names the day you fall behind with a catch-up plan that fits the days left, and sends a weekly review with one change for next week. Free, without AI.

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