-Sleep at least once a week.
-Eat at least once a day, but not constantly. Don't forget
the essential fatty acids (Mom).
-If my fingers freeze from carpal tunnel syndrome, I have
ten perfectly good toes, a nose, and quite a few teeth.
-When I'm not happy with how things are going, turn off the
screen and keep typing. Don't turn it back on until the crisis is over.
-Don't check my word count more often than every fifteen
minutes.
-Dream sequences can eat up a lot of pages, and they
shouldn't be logical.
-Short words count just as much as long ones.
-The perfect is the enemy of the fast. The good is the enemy
of the fast. The halfway decent is the enemy of the fast.
-When I run out of plot ideas, write about setting and what
each character is wearing, in exquisite wordy detail. When I run out of setting
and apparel, write about the voice quality of each speaker, speech mannerisms,
facial ticks, body language.
-Keep my music loud enough to drown out my thoughts.
Thinking is the enemy of speed.
-Remember the infinite-monkey theory: Endless keystrokes
will eventually produce Shakespeare or at least words and maybe a story.
-Never edit.
-Never ever go back.
