A Writer's Notebook, Day One-Thousand-Five-Hundred-And-Sixty-Two

I think that I was correct when I suggested that the biggest thing holding me back with the novel is just finding time to really focus on it more.  There is beginning to be a bit more momentum in the action, and the comedic tone is starting to really come through, I think.  I know that much of the early work on this piece was kind of floundering, and I am not entirely certain about where or how the book will begin, or even how much of what I have written so far is really going to be part of the final piece, but I am now at a point where I feel more on solid ground with it.  In truth, I suspect much of my uncertainty has been held over from starting in that way, but I think that being more aware of that will be helpful in shifting my attitude.  I also need to recognize that I know what I need to in order to write this story.  When I started, there were a lot of things that still felt nebulous to me about what I was writing and where it was going, but since then I have figured out a lot of the big picture stuff and have a much better sense of the plot.  I feel that, at this point, I am just as prepared as when I wrote my previous novels, but I am still feeling as if I am not right now.  I think it is just, as I said, a holdover from when I was starting, and I think it is starting to shift.  Working on it tonight I felt myself getting into the flow with it.  Really, I just need to focus on keeping myself at it.  I know that, as long as I keep working on it each day, as I have been, I will find my way through to the end.

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