So having had a serious bout of writer's block, my friends Remi and Samme finally got me motivated to attack the last four chapters of the youth novel, Figmentasia: The Quest for Truth. "Just keep writing - write anything, but write something," Remi said to me. I remembered that my initial target was to write a minimum of 786 words every other day. If I did this then I could have a complete first draft done in no time. And so on Tuesday, I sat at the computer, allocated an hour and said to myself I would write. The plot points were mapped out, all I had to do was write. Fear of writing a chapter that had to have both a lot of character development, and also magic training had taken over me. As Samme pointed out, I'd come too far not to finish now. So here I am - writing again and trying to find my rhythm again. If there's any advice I would pass on to someone who is starting out on their first novel like me, then it would be to do just t...
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