Good question. I guess it's different for everyone. I had started it and a couple of chapters in I had news that a close friend has passed away. He was a great storyteller, could always tell a tale with great panache. I told myself I will finish the book and dedicate it to him. Everytime I felt lazy or tired I reminded myself of who I was doing it for... It helped a great deal.

Aside from that, the characters and the setting started to come to life in my mind, I wanted to know what happened in the end!! So I needed to finish :-)

486DX2

amazing things happen with compounded effort, that's incredible!

What do you think helps you keep that creative juice to keep the book moving along?

birdeye21

How have you surprised yourself this year?

I wrote a book.

I turned off the TV, phone and other distractions. Sat down with my laptop and just started writing. Hit 1000 words, then 5k, then 20k before I knew it the thing was finished at 70k words.

It's not a masterpiece but fuck, I wrote a book!