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The first sentence I wrote today…
There were no more incididents between the ruined laboratory and the dock, however; in fact, they didn’t see anyone living at all.
Current word count: 28,172
New words this session: 649
Percentage of novel completed: 28.1
I only managed to scrounge half an hour of fiction-writing time today, hence the low verbiage. But half an hour is better than nothing!
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2 comments
Um, that would be a typo.
Hey, remember, I said my first-draft motto is “I’ll fix it later!”
incididents? Typo or cool new sci-fi word?