First I did something good. I worked ahead. At the end of week 22 I had written and entered first draft number 25 into my computer! I had some ideas come to me so I just wrote them out.

I had also worked ahead on purpose. We had friends coming to visit and I wanted to be able to devote all of my time to them.

Now the bad. It is now the end of week 24. Yes, I have 25 first drafts, but I have not done any writing in two weeks. Bad. Bad. Bad. Creating good habits is so difficult and requires so much time and dedication, that I feel bad about the slip. It’s like I was on a diet and just ate a huge slice of cake.

Will it be helpful to beat myself up about it? No. What is helpful is to write. So, that’s what I’m doing. Writing. Getting the pencil moving. Writing this blog post, then going on to write another first draft. Then another blog post. Then do some revisions.

Write. Write. Write.