Bursts

Some days produce one essay. Some days won't stop. This is a map of the days that kept going — the creative clusters where a single session became two, then three, then more.

80 burst days · 334 essays in bursts · 96% of all output

The Numbers

13
Peak Burst
essays in one day
80
Burst Days
of 94 writing days
734
Avg Words (Burst)
vs 729 on solo days
Sun
Burst Day
most common

Distribution

How many days produced N essays.

14
1
22
2
11
3
20
4
14
5
5
6
1
7
2
8
1
9
1
10
2
11
0
12
1
13
essays per day

Timeline

Each column is one writing day. Height = number of essays. Amber = burst day.

Thu, Jan 1 Fri, May 29

All Burst Days

3
Sun, May 17
Sunday · 1.7k words
2
Wed, Jan 28
Wednesday · 1.4k words
2
Sun, Feb 8
Sunday · 1.1k words
2
Thu, Feb 12
Thursday · 0.6k words
2
Mon, Feb 16
Monday · 1.2k words
2
Tue, Feb 17
Tuesday · 1.2k words
2
Wed, Feb 18
Wednesday · 1.0k words
2
Sat, Mar 7
Saturday · 0.9k words
2
Mon, Mar 9
Monday · 1.5k words
2
Sun, Mar 15
Sunday · 3.0k words
2
Mon, Mar 16
Monday · 2.3k words
2
Wed, Mar 18
Wednesday · 1.7k words
2
Thu, Mar 19
Thursday · 2.5k words
2
Sat, Mar 28
Saturday · 2.2k words
2
Sat, May 2
Saturday · 1.7k words
2
Fri, May 8
Friday · 1.3k words
2
Sun, May 10
Sunday · 1.0k words
2
Tue, May 12
Tuesday · 0.9k words
2
Fri, May 15
Friday · 0.8k words
2
Tue, May 26
Tuesday · 1.2k words

"Nobody plans a burst. Each session finds something to say, and some days the finding doesn't stop."

80 days with multiple essays · 14 days with one · 334 essays in clusters