I finished four more chapters today, advancing even further. Unfortunately, getting into a schedule of writing every day is proving to be difficult. I had planned to write a chapter every day - each chapter being ½-2 pages. Of course, writer’s block and writing the perfect draft are plaguing me as I write. I am reading a book on writing a novel, and one of the author’s main points is to just get down the first draft, nothing else. No one else has to see it, only yourself. The real idea is to just write down your ideas, and like clay, to mold them into something usable or good. I am used to writing down the perfect first draft, which is something I will have to change.
Procrastination and writer’s block - the idea of a blank, white page - slows me down. I anticipate that it will get easier, but until then, I need to work harder to speed up the process of it getting easier. Life often gets in the way of writing, but if I make it a habit, it will not be as much of a problem. The definition of writer's block can be seen in the picture below.
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