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My sister knows when I've been procrastinating writing (mostly because I go to her room and moan about it). She's very patient at first, but it doesn't last long. I've learned to get back to writing when no one in the house is willing to hear my silly reasons why I can't write.

The other cool thing I do is keep track of my word count progress (across all projects). It's super motivating to watch the word count inch closer to my monthly goal, plus I get to see the colourful bars fill up in Microsoft Excel.

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Oh, I feel you about the whining. Sometimes I’ll just whine at myself in the mirror until I get tired of hearing myself, like a reverse affirmation. And I, too, am a word count spreadsheet nut! I love setting it to show me my progress as percentages. So satisfying.

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I will share my word count on Twitter, the encouragement is a boost and it pushes me on because people ask how I'm doing

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I love sharing my word counts on social media, too! A couple years ago, I shared mine for 100 days in a row on Instagram and loved the encouraging words people would write in their comments.

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