\u2026that you see in the right panel is charting my progress toward completion of a book manuscript. The book is due in early January, so you can see that I have a ways to do. I figure that if I go public, this will raise my chances of finishing on time.<\/p>\n
My writing method is to spend a lot of time stewing on the content, thinking, taking notes, and doing background reading \u2014 I did this May-August. Then, when the book is pretty much \u201cwritten\u201d in my head, I have to bear down and write hard for a couple months \u2014 I\u2019m on my third draft now, having thrown away my first two drafts. I\u2019m in that final stage now, writing the draft that I\u2019ll submit to the publisher. <\/p>\n
I am fortunate to not suffer from \u201cwriter\u2019s block\u201d \u2014 when I sit down to write, the words are not a problem. Being disciplined about writing is the real obstacle.<\/p>\n
But, as I was told years ago, there\u2019s a three-word formula to writing a book: Ass In Chair.<\/p>\n