My daughter, one of my mentors, suggested that I keep a pad and pencil at the breakfast table, away from the computer and spend the first hour every day writing long hand. It works! No e-mails, no distractions, just me, the pencil, and the paper.
Once immersed in the story world, interacting with the characters, I am on my way and the first hour becomes several hours or more. Writing every day keeps the story fresh and alive. I don’t get trapped in a revision cycle.
There is a time for heavy revision. It comes later, not in the first draft.
Marion (Life is a treasure hunt)
