And that’s it! NaNoWriMo is over for another year. So, I guess the big question on everyone’s lips is how did I do? Well, have a seat and let me tell you a story, it seems only right! Once upon a time… Week Four Update This will be the final NaNoWriMo 2020 post and will cover November 23 to November 30. As there was one day that would have fallen into another week, I decided to combine them and make this an eight-day issue. At the end of last week, I was 4,365 words behind. That meant that I needed…
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