June Writing Leaderboard & Totals

The average participant wrote 51.9 pages this month!

Jul 07, 2025

Thanks to everyone who submitted your stats from your June Writing Trackers, and thanks to those who came out the LA Meetup last week. I had a great time seeing some friendly faces, and meeting some of you for the first time in person. I know a discord (and especially a discord full of introverted writers) can feel like a difficult place to jump into, but that’s the whole reason why I put this place together. To make it a bit easier.

If you haven’t joined a meetup or a writing challenge or a discussion on the discord, like a cold pool, it’s best to jump in the deep end.

To start tracking and building your own writing habit along with us, you can get a free copy of the writing tracker here (each month has a tab at the bottom), and you can check in daily in the Writing Challenges thread on the discord server.

Leaderboard - June 2025

I’ll share the top 3 spots for each category. Because of ties, that means that some will share the same ranks.

Day Count / Streaks

This month we have a 2-way tie for first!

Dani Hanks - 30 Days (perfect streak!)

Heather Hemsley - 30 Days (perfect streak!)
Chris Amick - 28 Days

The Page Lords (Page Count)

Benjahmin Johnson - 62
(TIE) Kelsea Mayfield - 56.5 / Chris Amick - 56.5
Dorrian Hawkins - 56

The Time Lords (Hours Written)

Dorrian Hawkins - 54
Chris Amick - 50.75
Kelsea Mayfield - 28.45

On a personal note, I’m so pumped that I didn’t win any of these this month. It felt very weird taking one of the top spots last month as our first time doing this, but it also makes sense. I started this whole thing, its my full time job, I had a script to write on a deadline, etc. But this month, the community stepped up and I’m glad to see some new names on the board! Congrats!

Community Writing Breakdown

Total Members Who Submitted Stats for June: 6

Pages

Total Pages Written by the Community: 311.5

Average Page Count: 51.9/person

Hours

Total Hours Written by the Community: 199

Average Hours Per Person: 33.17

Days

Total Day Count by the Community: 144

Average Day Count Per Person (out of 30): 24

Average Longest Streak (out of 30): 18.3 Days

Forms response chart. Question title: Did you have a specific goal/project this month?. Number of responses: 6 responses.

Forms response chart. Question title: If yes, did you complete that goal?. Number of responses: 6 responses.

Looks like 83.3% of people who join our monthly challenges complete their goals. You can’t argue with facts! Don’t @ me, stats nerds.

Takeaways This Month

We had 2 less participants than last month, but the average pages per person remains really impressive at 51.9/person.

Does this mean that the people participating in the challenge are our most hardcore? Does it mean that entering the challenge MAKES you hardcore? Probably a bit of both.

That’s one number that I hope goes down while the others go up, because that would mean that more people are joining, tracking their numbers, and adding to the community hours and pages even if they aren’t pushing for the leaderboard.

I want to see if we can hit 20 members joining the challenge in August. That includes people who only were able to write for ten days that month, or 5, or 1. You’ve gotta start somewhere, and if you start tracking and giving yourself credit for the work you’re putting in, I think you’ll want to find more and more time to work on your projects.

That’s it!

If you’re new to Residuals, you can get your copy of the writing tracker here (each month has a tab at the bottom), and you can check in daily in the Writing Challenges thread on the discord server.

Just like in June, I’ll send out a google form to gather all of our July stats so we can all take a look and wrestle for the top spots. It’s not to late to start tracking your writing and add to our total page count for July.

Chris Amick is a Film and TV Writer/Producer in Los Angeles with credits including Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Die Hart 2, Kung Fu Panda: the Dragon Knight, Final Space, and more. He’s currently developing a series with Adult Swim, and his latest project is as Executive Producer on the existential thriller IT ENDS, which premiered at SXSW 2025. If you’re looking for a way to jumpstart your writing practice with some structure and prompts, Chris teaches writing classes here.

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