Day 3,921: Critters

I have a new rule with writing. It’s not groundbreaking. It’s something I’ve known for a long time, but for whatever reason just today, I was like, I should make this a thing: I’m not allowed to end any session—even my little ten minutes breaks—at the END of anything, like a scene or a chapter.

Starting a scene or a chapter is always the hardest lift of drafting. Setting the tone, the image, the headspace, etc is always the most work. And when I already have momentum from having written for a...