/lit/ - Literature

Blog Post #223: I'm starting chapter 15 if 24 today gents, only approximately 36k words to go. I'm hopeful it should go smoothly as I started mostly pantsing but I have a crystal clear outline for the remaining portion/series of pay-offs to go through.

To new writers struggling just find a system that works for you. For me slow and steady does it, set reasonable goals (a chapter a week for me) and take then seriously without flagellating yourself when life gets crazy. I also do limited edit/polish of work so I can be proud of it - energizes me to continue.

This general may often be a cesspool but the feedback I got to my chapter 1 has been a great motivator as I trudge onward and been pulled up on Warosu more than a few times when I felt like I was just writing shit, so I'll ways be grateful for that.