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14. The hardest part for me has always been getting the 1st draft done...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 07:27 PM
Jan 2012

Without getting stuck revising say the first several chapters over and over again and not doing any real contribution to finishing the story. And I definitely think it's shit when I start too, that one really rang true for me.

Personally I have about five started projects right now... several more that are ideas... and they typically dead end around chapter six unless I really force myself to both write and to not edit the stuff I've already written until I'm finished with the whole draft.

Also, the internet is distracting, and so are options... I get more work done on word processors like JDarkRoom where I am less liable to head off on a six hour facebook/DU tangent.

EDIT TO ADD: Yes I am currently on one of those tangents!

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