Personal Marching Orders

Although I’ve done it before, I sometimes find the task of writing a 300-page manuscript totally overwhelming.

I walk into my office and have to fight the urge to run right back out the door (and to the kitchen for the crunchy comfort of Cheez-it’s).

So I keep, what I like to call, my personal marching orders framed and at eye level. Like a silent general, they tell me exactly what to do next.




How do you fight the feeling of being overwhelmed by your novel?