Day 1: Overthinking

Even though I have an outline, I realize I’m still going to overthink things. Should this be the hook instead? What about this for the character’s backstory? How will that tie into the second and third books I have planned?

While I think I’ll be fine thinking about these things, I have to keep reminding myself to get words out on paper. Write the scene, one per day based on what I have planned, and then fix things later.

I’ll make myself a place to write down ideas, but I’m promising myself not to go back and change what’s already been written. If I start down that path, I’ll never finish a draft.

Thinking is great; thinking, imagining, is one of the reasons I am a writer today. The “what if” question is a favorite of mine. What I’m learning is that I have to keep doing while thinking. I can’t stop the forward progress just because I had another idea.

If I can remember to let thinking and doing have their own spaces, I’ll be okay.

I think.