Joy! I've caught up! Made up for the trashed day and the skipped day. Well, okay, I'm supposed to be at 11,662 and I'm at 11,567, but that's friggin' close enough! Yeah! My novel has lots of digressions, and a few out-and-out rambles, but it's got a progression to it. Fewer than 40,000 words to go. I can so do this.

Tricks I'm using. Be verbose: similar vs. not dissimilar. Same idea, twice the words! Contractions? A thing of the past!