have you ever written a book before? i ask because many writers have found that a book changes in the course of writing it. so the outline you prepared at the

have you ever written a book before? i ask because many writers have found that a book changes in the course of writing it. so the outline you prepared at the outset might morph quite a bit before you finish. thus, you might toss lots of 100-word days out the window, because you were writing on a path that ended up being a false detour... better to write a chunk you _know_ will last. but it _is_ good to develop a writing habit. -bowerbird