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© Crashoran | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images

The good thing with being anal-retentive is that when you’re going through the valleys of writing, you can always go back to your stats and see if the current manuscript trouble is unique to the story or if it’s a global thing…

In my case, it’s global. According to the records I keep, drafts 1-3 usually take the longest, have the most blank spots, and usually have me banging my head against the wall…

Heartening news. At least, it’s a head-down-chin-up situation that reminds me to keep working and eventually the rough road will give way to smooth…