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Day 1: We're in...now what?

I'd already written about 30,800 words when I decided to do this 100-day experiment. Most of those words have been moved to much later chapters, so technically I've been writing this novel for two months and am only just starting the third scene of Chapter 1, haha.

Currently attempting to write the actual preliminary heist that introduces you to the main characters. I have no idea what I'm doing, but you can't get good unless you put in reps, so here goes nothing.

(A friend at the kickboxing gym recommended watching Snatch — might make a night of it.)

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