Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I've written five pages by hand, out of those five pages, one page might be worth saving. The rest is crap. I have to throw it away. It's like I need eight hours to do two hours' work.
I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.
It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.
Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.
Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.
Write a page a day. It will add up.
So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.
Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.
I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.