I've written lots of non-fiction.
I write a newsletter for Somerset Art Society Inc, I write a long weekly email update to family in Australia, PNG, Canada and The Netherlands and last year's personal journal had 200.000 words.
About two years ago, after some courses with the Australian Writers Centre I started a novel. Early this year I learned how to get to the finish from one of my favourite authors: Jodi Picoult,
"And – here's a critical part – when you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop…even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the biggest caveat for beginning writers. Instead, force yourself to finish what you began, and THEN go back and edit it. If you keep scrapping your beginnings, however, you'll never know if you can reach an end."
I use Scrivener to write my novel and here's is yesterday's effort.
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