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Word Count Goals—How I Built a Process That Actually Works

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Every book I've ever written started the same way: one word at a time.

In this episode of Reality Writes, I walk you through my complete writing process. From the very beginning, when I was working another job with a kindergartner at home and 250 words a day felt like a genuine stretch, all the way to where I am now, writing 3,000 words a day across multiple series and genres.

Here's how the word count progression actually went:

Year one: 250 words a day, five days a week: pre-agent, pre-book deal, figuring it all out

Years two to three: 500 words a day: the first signs of…

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