Small taste of success!

Excellent, excellent advice, Masha.

I gave myself 10 minutes this evening to work on a scene I've been toying with for the last few days.

Rather than fretting over the perfect beginning, I had decided to start with one scene that HAD to make it in the final cut. But I never found the time to write.

Today was no different. Between work and a headache, personal writing seemed so trivial.

But then I saw your suggestion about giving myself 10 minutes a day to write.

That sounds so small. Only 10 minutes. Surely, I spend that much time playing Spider solitaire.

That 10 minutes turned into 20. And 227 words.

Yes, I could have written more. But I do have more work to do.

Still, I'm 227 words closer to my final goal. How many times have I sat in front of a blank screen for 10 or 15 or even 45 minutes? This time, I closed my document one-quarter of the way to my next 1,000.

For today, I'm happy.