Writing Schedule

Well, good news! The writing schedule is working great so far. Have 50 pages already. Although I need to get to 400 so not out of the woods yet. On the bright side it's working out so I only have to stick with it until I get the rough draft out. Amazing how much work writing a book is. No wonder so many people try but end up not finishing them.

The most challenging thing at this stage is to try not to judge my initial efforts too harshly and get discouraged. Some people call it the "Don't Look Down Draft". The idea being that you have to just write it out, first pass, without letting yourself stop to go back over parts you've written and bog yourself down in revisions until you throw up your hands and don't finish the book. So that's what I'm doing. I keep reassuring myself that I can always go back and fix it later, or cut scenes if they're not working out.

Easier said than done. I definitely like the revision part more. It comes to me easier so the temptation is always there to stop and go back over things. Noooooo.