I discovered that the word counts in 4thewords are a bit short. They count the words you type but don’t subtract the words you delete. This is okay for NaNo where I only need to count the words I type. Less so for books where I need to know how many words are in them. Like when I need to pay Karen. I worked it out. It’s not a lot and I’ll put in a buffer to stay ahead as the month unfolds.

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