Once you start writing keep going with no breaks!

Sit and write and don't even stand up or go for a pee until you're done writing an entire novel in one sitting!

Just kidding. But seriously now, I want to make a point about taking breaks.

I just re-wrote the last half of chapter 1 in my current WIP. And now I'm staring at the blank screen of what will be chapter 2. I had previously written all the way through 2 chapters, but that was a month ago and I stopped writing. When I came back to my manuscript I hated the direction...