> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.quarkle.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Milestones

> Track your streaks, set writing goals, and see the shape of your year.

Writing a book is a long game, and small, steady days get you there. The **Milestones** tab in the Studio ("the shape of your year.") shows your writing life so you can see it and celebrate it.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/milestones.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=57af336a46b09df183ea1ea3ec914d5e" alt="Quarkle's Milestones dashboard with stat cards and a writing activity chart" width="1568" height="311" data-path="images/app/milestones.png" />
</Frame>

## Your stats at a glance

Use the period dropdown to choose a window: **1 Week**, **1 Month**, **3 Months**, **6 Months**, or **1 Year**. The stat cards update to match:

* **{period} Total**: words written in the window
* **Daily Average**
* **Active Days**
* **Current Streak**, with your best streak alongside it
* **Best Day**

A **Writing Activity** chart shows your last 30 days, and an **activity heatmap** lays out your whole year at a glance.

## Set writing goals

Click **Set Goals** to choose the **writing days** of the week that fit your life, and a **monthly word-count goal**. Quarkle works out your daily and weekly targets for you, so you always know what "on track" looks like.

<Frame caption="Pick your writing days and a monthly goal. Quarkle calculates the daily and weekly targets.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/quarkle/5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM/images/app/milestones-goals.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=5WUUaYl-dgOEAFoM&q=85&s=ffe98da10315453f16e5e4a0b6085c1d" alt="The Set Writing Goals dialog with writing days and a monthly word count goal" width="816" height="1176" data-path="images/app/milestones-goals.png" />
</Frame>

## Challenges & projects

* **Writing Challenges** let you join or leave time-boxed challenges whenever you like.
* **Current Projects** shows a per-manuscript word-count goal and how far along you are.

<Tip>
  Streaks reward showing up, not word-count heroics. A few hundred words on a writing day keeps the chain alive.
</Tip>

<Card title="Next: Paper & Midnight (light & dark)" icon="arrow-right" horizontal href="/getting-started/light-and-dark-mode">
  Set the theme that suits how you write.
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