post-match analysis

finally getting round to doing some graphs, because graphs are important.

here is a graph comparing my poem writing rate (in green) to my poems required rate (in pink)

and here is a wiggly line showing how my cumulative running totals compared to the pace i should have kept up

there were a few times the task didn't look achievable, but it's amazing what you can manage when you're prepared to compromise on quality.

i don't feel i wrote anything as good as the best things i wrote last year, but i reckon there were about the same number of quite good things, only a small-ish increase in pretty dreadful things and mostly a much larger swathe of mediocrity.

at the time of writing, the most viewed poem was 52 and the blog had been hit around 900 times.

thank you to anyone who read, especially those who said something nice about it



Stats - Day 30

poems written = 75

poems written per day = 2.5

poems remaining = 0

required poems per day = 0

Stats - Day 29

poems written = 73

poems written per day = 2.5172

poems remaining = 2

required poems per day = 2

Stats - Day 28

poems written = 70

poems written per day = 2.5

poems remaining = 5

required poems per day = 2.5

Stats - Day 27

poems written = 67

poems written per day = 2.4815

poems remaining = 8

required poems per day = 2.6667

Stats - Day 26

poems written = 67

poems written per day = 2.5769

poems remaining = 8

required poems per day = 2

Stats - Day 25

poems written = 64

poems written per day = 2.56

poems remaining = 11

required poems per day = 2.2

Stats - Day 24

poems written = 61

poems written per day = 2.5417

poems remaining = 17

required poems per day = 2.3333

Stats - Day 23

poems written = 58

poems written per day = 2.5217

poems remaining = 17

required poems per day = 2.4286

Stats - Day 22

poems written = 54

poems written per day = 2.4545

poems remaining = 21

required poems per day = 2.625

Stats - Day 21

poems written = 51

poems written per day = 2.4286

poems remaining = 24

required poems per day = 2.6667

Stats - Day 20

poems written = 49

poems written per day = 2.45

poems remaining = 26

required poems per day = 2.6

Stats - Day 19

poems written = 46

poems written per day = 2.4211

poems remaining = 29

required poems per day = 2.6364

Stats - Day 18

poems written = 44

poems written per day = 2.4444

poems remaining = 31

required poems per day = 2.5833

Stats - Day 17

poems written = 43

poems written per day = 2.5294

poems remaining = 32

required poems per day = 2.4615

Stats - Day 16

poems written = 41

poems written per day = 2.5625

poems remaining = 34

required poems per day = 2.4286

not only have i stumbled past the half-written mark, i have somehow managed to end up ever-so-slightly ahead of schedule

Stats - Day 15

poems written = 37

poems written per day = 2.4667

poems remaining = 38

required poems per day = 2.5333

Stats - Day 14

poems written = 32

poems written per day = 2.2857

poems remaining = 43

required poems per day = 2.6875

Stats - Day 13

poems written = 28

poems written per day = 2.1538



poems remaining = 47

required poems per day = 2.7647

Stats - Day 12

poems written = 25

poems written per day = 2.0833



poems remaining = 50

required poems per day = 2.7778