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Day 4

Current Count: 7,561

I would really like to make the 10,000 mark by bedtime tonight. I think this is a reasonable goal. With any luck, I’ll be able to nail another 1,000 before lunch, and then I’ve got until sleep overtakes me to do another 1,500.

I’m happier with the story now. I like it more. I may even love it, actually.

It’s still terrible. But I’m beginning to feel like the mother of an ugly, ill-behaved hoodlum. Sometimes, the best part about something is that it came from somewhere inside of you. And sometimes, that’s enough.

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