/lit/ - Literature

sup /lit/. question for all you writer-types: how do you stay focused? whenever i write, it seems as though i begin with a clear goal but then lose track of it midway through. how do you maintain themes and shit like that in your writing? do you? majority of the difficulty i have in writing is translating my thoughts fully to paper; most of the time i'm thinking too rapidly and skip steps that would make whatever i'm writing richer and deeper, more thoughtful. so: how do you do it?