| Re: Help pushing myself to write my book
12 midnight? Lucky you. Ours closes at 9, a generous hour for a small town, actually. And it's not open Sundays.
Welcome to the writing process! Been there. Quite literally, only with 100k+ useless manuscript and 200+ pages of notes, lists of words waiting to become a language, etc. All in oh, 3 years, while I was in college. Not to mention all the other stories I started and stopped during that time.
You have several options. One, continue at your current pace. Two, put the manuscript aside for the rest of your college education and possibly beyond. Three, set firm, clear deadlines for yourself, and stick to them. Three has really helped me tremendously. Inspiration isn't as necessary as we think it is, or rather, perhaps it's misunderstood. Set the bar high (mine's usually around 50k a month, or 1,667 words a day), so that you have to do it. The benefit (depending on your temperament as a writer) is that you are forced to keep writing. It also gives you room to explore your world. Don't worry about quality, either. You can always rewrite. |