1 chapter down 7 more to go

The book is moving along. I finally completed a chapter. It’s taken months for me to finally sit down and get it done. It feels amazing.

Sure this chapter is only a few pages long but it’s a start. I was told the key to start writing is to write the easiest chapter first, and so I did. It feels good and it was a nice way to ease into writing. It removed the overwhelm of writing a whole book.

I’ve been at my desk all day and although I haven’t moved I have seen some interesting things through my window. Toronto is being covered by yet another snow storm. There are not many people on the roads and those that are driving either drive slowly and cautiously or fast and recklessly. Across the street I have seen 4 cars get stuck in the same driveway. They try their hardest to speed out of the stuck position (they press the gas pedal all the way down to the floor….smart eh?). It never works but it’s the driver’s ego getting in the way of being smart about the situation. They get frustrated and when they finally calm down or get cooled off by the falling snow, they finally put their ego away and get out of the stuck position with a bit of strategy. It’s kind of like writing a book…if you make it hard for yourself, if you try to find a short cut with no strategy and if you let your ego get in the way of being smart, you will get no where (hence my 5 months of “thinking” about the book).

I have started writing the next chapter but it’s 1 in the morning and I just can’t seem to find the words to finish the chapter.

What is getting in your way today?

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Written by Sandra De Freitas

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