Set your writing goals and schedule
Set a daily word goal, adjustable at any time, and choose which days you set aside to plot or write. Writing reminders give you a nudge back into your story especially useful if you get distracted easily.
Writing tracker & writing goals
Reach daily writing goals and create a habit of writing.
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Statistics
Progress
744Avg / day · 30d
82%Consistency · 30d
4h 52mReading time
7h 27mSpeaking time
LogbookTotal words written: 86,142
addOct 13, 2026
412+430 / −18
Oct 12, 2026
1,613+1,690 / −77
Oct 11, 2026
1,240+1,305 / −65
Oct 10, 2026
980+1,012 / −32
Oct 9, 2026
1,105+1,140 / −35
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Best writing dayAug 5, 2026
10,753Best week everWeek 30
16,907Word-count growthAhead
Jan86,554 words
5
Day streak
Est. finish81 days early
Nov 6
DeadlineJan 26
What is a word count tracker?
Fortelling's word count tracker shows your words per day, your goals, your streak and the date you'll finish at your current pace. Writing statistics show how much you write, how consistently you write and whether your pace gets you to your deadline. They update automatically, sync between web and mobile, and can be filtered by author and by book. Fortelling organizes them into four areas: writing progress and goals, team stats, your own writing, and plotting. Set daily and overall goals, a finish date and reminders, and the app does the counting.
How long does it take to write a book? See your finish date
Set your goal and the days you write. We'll show the date your draft is done.
How to keep track of your word count
Set a daily word goal and write: Fortelling counts every word for you and shows your progress, your streak and your finish date. These are the steps.
Import your manuscript
Already writing somewhere else? Import a DOCX or TXT file and Fortelling counts the words you have so far, so your statistics start from where you are, not from zero.
Set a finish date
With a finish date you can calculate your required daily pace, estimated finish date.
Track your progress
Open the statistics tab to see graphs and details of your overall progress. Set daily goals and an overall goal for the entire book, and filter by author or by book. Everything is synchronized between web and mobile.
Build a writing habit with streaks
The app calculates your streak automatically from your logbook entries: your current streak, your longest streak, your total days and your weekly goal.
Keep a writing log
The logbook is your personal narrative of the writing process, capturing the context behind the numbers. Open Statistics to add a daily entry, with a comment about your session. Co-authors can log their own progress, and the app combines it into a project-wide overview.
Free writing tracker tools in Fortelling
Features
Word count widgets for your home screen
Pick from 14 widgets for your homescreen, such as current streak, words to goal, estimated finish, deadline, pace check and momentum.
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Share your writing progress
- Stats snapshots · Pick a specific stat to turn into a card, such as word count, consistency, or your growth curve.
- Daily recap · A card built from today's writing, showing words written today.
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Write chapters with your notes open beside you.
Characters, locations, items and more, with free templates.
Pin ideas, clues and sticky notes linked to your story.
Plan scenes in order and see your story at a glance.
Map bloodlines, marriages and rivalries across generations.
Build tools around your world, with the fields you decide.
Pick from 12 themes, or set your own colours and fonts.
Add as many characters, locations and files as your story needs.
Choose which collaborator can see each element.
Share your world with readers as a browsable wiki.
Questions about writing statistics
How many words is a novel?
Most adult novels land between 70,000 and 100,000 words. Fantasy and science fiction often run longer, around 100,000 to 115,000, and young adult novels shorter, at roughly 45,000 to 80,000. Pick the novel word count that fits your genre and set it as your overall goal in Fortelling: it tracks how close you are and the date you'll finish at your current pace.
How many words a day do I need to finish on time?
Divide the words you still have to write by the writing days left before your deadline. 60,000 words over 120 writing days is 500 words a day. Set a finish date in Fortelling and it works this out for you, and shows the date you'll finish at your current pace.
Do statistics sync between web and mobile?
Yes. Your goals and statistics are synchronized between the web and mobile devices, and Fortelling runs on Apple, Android, tablet and web.
Can I see my co-authors' progress?
Yes. Team stats show output and consistency across every author on a project, and you can filter the Progress section by author. Co-authors can also log their own progress in the logbook, and the app combines it into a project-wide overview.
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