Getting back to writing

My agent constantly tells me that writers have to write. Mostly I see that as him wanting to make his 8%...but deep down I know he is speaking the truth.

Over the last two months I have kind of gotten out of habit with writing everyday. Somewhere around the first of November I took a break from my writing project because it was really affecting my mood.

Writing a book about your ex girlfriend isn't exactly on the path of mental wellness. After I got the first draft completed I needed to take a break from it...because it was really bumming me out.

It wouldn't be a story worth telling if that wasn't the case...but surviving the writing process has been tough.

Ernest Hemmingway said the first draft of anything is shit...and that is kind of how I feel about this book right now. I had a few ghost readers go over it and some of the news is encouraging but overall the story needs to be polished...a lot.

So for now I am back on the chapter a day plan. This time starting at the end and working my way backwards...because the ending to me needs the most work.