don't bother with details and I don't force myself to write past the initial flash of interest.

Everything. Remember, the core part of the writing triangle is knowledge. In day-to-day terms, this means knowing what you’re going to write before you write it, but in the bigger picture of your life as a writer, it means understanding your story choices on a deeper level. If you want your writing process to be fast and reliable, it’s not enough t

the first question you should be asking yourself isn’t “Is this a good book?” but "Is this really the story I want to spend my time on?"

Whenever I don’t know what happens next, I just jump further down the line,

if I could make one absolute assertion, it would be this: If you are not enjoying your writing, you’re doing it wrong.

I started keeping records. Every day I sat down to write, I would note the time I started, the time I stopped, how many words I wrote, and where I was writing on a spreadsheet

So if you don't have a publishing deadline yet, set one for yourself.

I started keeping records. Every day I sat down to write, I would note the time I started, the time I stopped, how many words I wrote, and where I was writing on a spreadsheet

Editing is writing. If you like writing, you like editing.