Just write, damnit

So, here is my current conundrum. (By the way, I love that word.)

I’m working on a novel now, which I’m super excited about. In a nutshell – college-age heroine with a learning disability falls for her tutor, who happens to be her boyfriend’s best friend and roommate. Hilarity ensues.

That’s it. Go by it on Amazon. Kidding.

Anyway, right now, I’m at almost 20K words. Not too shabby. But a novel is in the 50K to 60K + range. I have a ways to go. And I know what I need to write. It’s pretty much all mapped out. But instead of furthering what I have and continuing the story, I keep hemming and hawing over what I have already written.

It’s driving me nuts.

I need to just get my first draft down, then review everything. THAT’S WHAT DRAFTS ARE FOR, MEGAN. Jeez.

I wish there was a way to lock myself out of my previously written words to force myself to KEEP WRITING and not change stupid little words here and there. It’s a waste of my precious time, which is incredibly limited with a crazy-assed toddler running around and a three-month old baby.

Send me encouragement.