In today's reading the author talks about how each step in a project is in fact a finish line. It takes several finish lines in able to cross the ultimate finish line which is the end of the project. Even scraping the project somewhere along the line, according to Mr. White, is a finish line.
FOR FURTHER REFLECTION:
According to Mr. White "writers' work includes many finish lines that ought to be acknowledged as suchalong the way to the grand finish line". He states that this is "a simple psychological strategy that keeps one's energy and motivation levels at optimum performance". It also serves as a reminder that writing is a "multistage endeavor".
TRY THIS:
The next time you plan a writing project, regard each step as a finish line. Don't just think it, record it as the headin for each stage--initial one-paragraph overview; initial outline/synopsis; revised outline/synopsis; opening sentence; first paragrah, first page of the discovery draft; and so on.
Writing now my writing efforts are not as detailed. However most of my projects do include a rough draft, research, revised draft, and of course part of the rough draft and revised draft is the opening sentence, first paragraph, first page, etc.
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