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Word-count planner
Work out the words a day you need to finish by a date, or the date you will finish at the pace you can keep. It only does arithmetic, so the numbers are as honest as the pace you give it.
If you want to finish by a date
2,273 words on each writing day.That is 50,000 words left across about 22 writing days between today and Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
If you know the pace you can keep
You would finish on Saturday, January 9, 2027.50,000 words at 1,000 a writing day is 50 writing days, about 70 calendar days at 5 writing days a week.
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