Don't worry, just write

OK, that's more like it. Killer Eyes is now on page 105, and over 30,000 words. That would put it at about one third done. I like to target 300 pages or at least in that vicinity. That would put the word count at about 85,000 words. According to many editors and agents, they like a novel to be in that range. KOK is 89,000 words, and The Vase is 87,100. Both are slightly more than 300 pages. KOK is 334, and The Vase is 323.

Anyway, I found myself worrying about the outline fitting all the elements of what I wanted to put in the story. I am featuring many characters in here, many good, many bad, and many just plain weird. But each has a specific role in the story, and as I figured out new things to do with them, I got too caught up in making it all meld so that it made sense in the end.

But you know what? It got me snagged. It slowed me down. Yeah, I wanted to blame the vacation and distractions, but no. It was me getting worried about all of it fitting like a puzzle. Don't let that happen to you. It's like, how can you worry about fitting the puzzle together if you don't even have all the pieces yet.

So don't let uncertainty slow you down. Keep writing. Then when all the pieces are in front of you, that's when you put them together and make it work.

Keep writing.