breakthrough

For the first time just now, I actually thought that this month's novel might be good. My main character is going off about the things he hates, and it's fun to write.

Ahead of pace. Writing every day. Got to hedge for future missed days.

The best piece of advice, I think, besides writing every single day, is to park on a downhill. I don't remember where I got this advice, so I can't credit it because I certainly didn't make it up myself, but the idea is that instead of writing everything you can possibly think of and then walk away for 24 hours, you stop when you know what you're going to write next. Then, when you come back, you can warm up with something easy and get momentum.