Writing, Editing, Reading – The Climb #976

Monday 25th October 2021 

Today was another busy day. 

I’ve got a lot to write, a lot to edit and a lot to read. 

I managed to do the first two. 

My problem is that reading takes time, and I think I really need to do these outlines as I read the books I’m learning craft from.  There’s also a temptation to skip bits in order to execute fast.  I think that’s a mistake.  By all means work fast, but don’t take shortcuts. 

However, a lot of this preparatory work seems needless.  I need to write the s...