December turned out to be a much better writing month than anticipated

My plan for this month was simple. I was determined to finish the rewrite of Mistress Novel, getting all the scenes I rewrote together and figuring out what still needed to be written before I started the final polishing of this version. Simple enough, I thought, and just ambitious enough for the crazy month of December.

I was making good progress the first two weeks but, in putting the book together, it still felt like something was still missing. I remember reading some writing advice once t...