Ever wondered why every writer seems so obsessed with their word count? Nicole Bross is here to explain how tracking your word count just might be the thing that helps you fly through your draft.

Nicole Bross is the editor-in-chief of Birthing Magazine and the author of Past Presence and the forthcoming Moving On. When she’s not writing, she can be found curled up with a book, messing around with her ever-expanding collection of manual typewriters, or in the departures lounge of the airport at the beginning of another adventure. Nicole lives in Calgary with her husband, two children, two kittens and one very large orange cat.