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May Day Is For Everyone

by Harry Brisson

Words drafted

41,104

+19 in the last 30 days · last written Oct 26

Writing on 29 days in the last year · most in a day: 2,449 words (Jul 1).

Words in the drafts, over time

18 chapters · 0 published

The story of the world’s biggest holiday.

Prelude

One or Two Josephs

drafting 77 words

Part I

The Most Successful Media Company of All Time

23,291 words

or: How I Spent My Summer Vacation drafting407 words
Foreword / Editor’s Note drafting378 words
How I Spent My Summer Vacation drafting512 words
Middling Content Holiday Rankings drafting410 words
Some Stats on States & Stadia drafting564 words
From a May 1st Parade to a May 1st Stadium drafting10,388 words
How To Go Viral in the Late 1800s drafting6,157 words
Five Lessons For Political Storytellers Today drafting4,358 words
Works Consulted draftingback matter117 words

Part II

Your Dad Is Dead and Now You Must Feed The World

9,074 words

Sympathy for the Reaper Works drafting321 words
The Trip drafting1,596 words
Historiography, Humanized drafting174 words
Conclusions drafting260 words
Epilogue drafting4,607 words
Chicago history museum drafting81 words
other notes drafting17 words
madison historical society visit drafting2,018 words

Part III

…Or Three Josephs

drafting 14 words

Bonus chapters digital only

A case for a sad holiday drafting6,011 words
Three words for May Day drafting2,637 words

Recent writing

Oct 26 Prelude · One or Two Josephs new +77 words
Oct 26 Part III · …Or Three Josephs new +14 words
Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 17 · madison historical society visit +2,018 words since May 31
Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 11 · The Trip +427 words since May 31
Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue +2 words since May 31
Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 16 · other notes +2 words since May 31
May 31 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue +806 words
May 30 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue +535 words
May 29 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue +3,264 words
May 29 Part II · Chapter 13 · Conclusions -3,251 words

Pace

Words added per week

Word counts as a table

Date	Words
2025-06-02	3,726
2025-06-03	3,847
2025-06-04	3,892
2025-06-05	4,009
2025-06-06	4,109
2025-06-07	4,263
2025-06-09	4,434
2025-06-10	4,736
2025-06-11	4,762
2025-06-12	4,773
2025-06-14	4,858
2025-06-22	4,910
2025-06-25	5,150
2025-06-26	5,169
2025-06-28	5,240
2025-06-29	5,356
2025-07-09	5,468
2025-07-11	5,684
2025-07-16	5,786
2025-07-19	5,949
2025-07-20	5,997
2025-07-24	6,128
2025-08-01	6,166
2025-08-02	6,366
2025-08-04	6,411
2025-08-05	6,446
2025-08-14	6,484
2025-08-18	6,612
2025-08-29	6,603
2025-08-30	6,625
2025-09-01	6,392
2025-09-02	6,678
2025-09-03	7,285
2025-09-04	9,604
2025-09-05	10,429
2025-09-06	10,832
2025-09-07	11,385
2025-09-08	12,659
2025-09-09	12,903
2025-09-10	15,620
2025-09-11	16,144
2025-09-12	19,581
2025-09-13	20,954
2025-09-14	21,106
2025-09-15	21,815
2025-09-16	22,479
2025-09-18	23,650
2025-09-20	24,216
2025-09-21	24,766
2025-09-22	27,860
2025-09-23	29,300
2026-01-24	29,302
2026-03-19	29,376
2026-03-26	29,406
2026-03-27	29,474
2026-04-25	29,703
2026-04-30	29,759
2026-05-01	32,396
2026-05-02	32,668
2026-05-03	34,426
2026-05-04	34,502
2026-05-05	34,882
2026-05-06	34,918
2026-05-07	34,937
2026-05-08	34,971
2026-05-09	35,064
2026-05-10	35,340
2026-05-11	35,410
2026-05-13	35,611
2026-05-14	35,932
2026-05-15	36,051
2026-05-17	36,232
2026-05-18	36,288
2026-05-19	36,441
2026-05-21	36,954
2026-05-22	37,091
2026-05-24	37,132
2026-05-26	37,210
2026-05-29	37,223
2026-05-30	37,758
2026-05-31	38,564
2026-07-01	41,013
2026-10-26	41,104

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