Write Without the Fight

Write Without the Fight

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Dieting and NaNoWriMo are not that different

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Julia Roberts
Nov 19, 2025
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NaNoWriMo is in full swing, and at the end of the first half of the month, common wisdom says you should have about 25,000 words written. (100 double-paced manuscript pages.)

Now, among the “converted,” that number = 31,666 words, bec they love the math.

If you need 50,000 words written in 30 days, that 1666.67 words per d…

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