Your Octvember Trackers Are Here
Tools to help you plan, track, and celebrate your writing progress all season long.
You’ve already heard the story behind Octvember, so today’s post is all about action.
If you’re participating in this two-month writing challenge, I’ve created two Notion templates to help you stay organized, motivated, and intentional about your goals.
Whether you’re drafting something new or revising a work in progress, these tools are designed to adapt to your creative process.
Octvember Task Tracker
The Octvember Task Tracker gives you an all-in-one project hub where you can map your writing journey from concept to completion.
You can find it here: Octvember Task Tracker on Notion.
Use it to:
Set your main goal and stretch goals
Map your workflow from planning to publishing
Log focus sprints with time, mood, and task details
Monitor progress with automatic completion percentages
You can even break things down by chapter, scene, or section—whatever helps you visualize your momentum. The goal is to make your progress visible and satisfying as you move through your project.
Octvember Word Count Tracker
If you prefer the more traditional measuring progress by words or time, try the Octvember Word Count Tracker.
You can find it here: Octvember Word Count Tracker on Notion.
Inside, you’ll find:
A word count goal that updates automatically as you log sprints
A Pomodoro timer for focused writing sessions
Daily and project-level stats
A countdown to the end of the challenge
Support for multiple projects (because sometimes one idea just isn’t enough)
This one’s great if you thrive on measurable progress or love seeing your totals climb over time.
What Comes Next
A quick walkthrough video is coming soon, showing how to duplicate and customize both templates once things quiet down around here.
For now, go ahead and duplicate the trackers into your Notion workspace, set your goals for October and November, and start logging your progress.
Whether you write ten words or ten thousand, every bit of forward motion counts.
Happy Writing!
