People who write books: do you find it useful to post your daily word count or do you prefer to write in absolute silence and pretend that the book has emerged fully-formed like Athena from the head of Zeus?
@evacide I have been more the write in silence type. Of course I share more progress with my editor, but even that is still in the form of a fully-finished chapter at a time, ready for them to review.
@evacide Basing progress on word count might create perverse incentives. A colleague once told me they thought they would be a good writer because they can type fast.
If you are looking for something to motivate you to maintain momentum, maybe track time spent writing per day/week. I tend to break down my outline into bite-sized chunks (a subsection of a chapter in my case) and measure progress by fully completing a chunk.
