If you’re a writer chances are that at one point or another you’ve struggled to meet your wordcount (or pagecount) goal. And while there are several different methods available to help you track your wordcount, one that I’ve come across several times is Kresley Cole’s Word/Page Count Tracker. Visit her message board, sign up, and visit the Writer Board to get your copy of the spreadsheet she uses.

It’ll tell you how many words you need to write each day to meet your deadline.

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