The Truth About Deadlines

Most writers put far too much pressure on themselves to finish the book by the ominous DEADLINE. But what are deadlines really? For some, they are ironclad dates thatcannotbe changed no matter what. For others, they are merely goals–a good measuring stick for your real progress. What should they be? I’d like to think the latter. On my current manuscript, I set the deadline (a few months back) for November 15th as my publishing date. Well, it’s November 16th and I definitely didn’t publish my...