Get 'er Done
I know, I hate that phrase, too. Should be "Overdone."
Still, for writers, it's apt. The problem for 99% of those who want to write a book is getting it done. The first few chapters sail along, and then you hit a snag. That snag, just like the one in your nylons, can be the ruination of the whole.
Most who know about writing agree that the solution is to keep writing. Yes, time away can help, and I've mentioned here before that a walk or a drive is my way of unknotting plot problems. But that can't go on forever. You have to force yourself to write through whatever is holding you up, even if you hate it. It's very possible that you will be able to see where you need to go once you've pushed your way up that "mountain" of reluctance.
So "Get 'er done," whatever it takes. If you can't make yourself finish a book, then you aren't a writer. Yes, the finished product may be bad. Sometimes it takes one or two, maybe more than that, before the good stuff starts to come out. Maybe you'll go back and fix this one; maybe you'll start fresh. But you have to go through the process of finishing a book in order to know what it feels like, how it flows, what needs to be done. Like anything else, you learn by doing, and the first attempt may have to be chalked up as a learning experience. Not a bad thing.
It's called writing, so write. All the way to the end.
Still, for writers, it's apt. The problem for 99% of those who want to write a book is getting it done. The first few chapters sail along, and then you hit a snag. That snag, just like the one in your nylons, can be the ruination of the whole.
Most who know about writing agree that the solution is to keep writing. Yes, time away can help, and I've mentioned here before that a walk or a drive is my way of unknotting plot problems. But that can't go on forever. You have to force yourself to write through whatever is holding you up, even if you hate it. It's very possible that you will be able to see where you need to go once you've pushed your way up that "mountain" of reluctance.
So "Get 'er done," whatever it takes. If you can't make yourself finish a book, then you aren't a writer. Yes, the finished product may be bad. Sometimes it takes one or two, maybe more than that, before the good stuff starts to come out. Maybe you'll go back and fix this one; maybe you'll start fresh. But you have to go through the process of finishing a book in order to know what it feels like, how it flows, what needs to be done. Like anything else, you learn by doing, and the first attempt may have to be chalked up as a learning experience. Not a bad thing.
It's called writing, so write. All the way to the end.
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