I recently passed a major milestone: I’ve written one million words of fiction. Reaching one million words has definitely been a journey. To put it in perspective:
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“1,667 words a day?” the voice of doubt exclaimed. “You’ve never written that fast before. The wheels will come off!”
I panicked.
Fortunately, in my humbug, I was visited by three ghosts of NaNoWriMo.
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I had carted that trombone across the country but I had also carried something far heavier with it—the should.
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