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NaNoWriMo Pep-Talk from Dan

November 23, 2011 Writing Excuses 11 Comments

This your third week of NaNoWriMo, and Dan’s here to tell you your wordcount should be at around 38,000. He also tells us how NaNoWriMo helped him write faster and keep to a schedule, and that you (yes YOU) are awesome.

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