These are what's known as the resistance questions:
Why don't I want to finish this manuscript?
I know in my heart that I want to finish my book. Why it has taken five years of working on it for a little, then forgetting about it for months at a time is beyond me. Life gets in the way - paying jobs, films with the Justice crew, other ideas I feel I may have a better handle on, hanging out with friends, time with family.
What will happen to me if I finish it?
I will begin a campaign to promote myself as a professional writer, not just someone who writes. I will use the high I get from finishing to go on and finish other projects, both written and non-written.
Why should I let myself write this manuscript?
This is the story I have been trying to tell for five years. It is the first time I have a real grasp on the characters, the world they live in, and their history. My knowledge is so in depth to this world, I find it shocking the manuscript is not complete yet.
I'd love to start this 30-day plan, but...
Already, things get in the way - I have to job hunt for hours every day, I like to work out, I like to eat, I am working on projects with other people and do not want to disappoint them.
If I became a great author...
Then I will be self fulfilled. Minus getting married to my true love and making a family, having a career as an author would my utopia. The dream is to have your dream become a reality. I would love to do book signing and Q&A sessions to discuss the world I've created. I will have fans, who write to me and post on my facebook page, awaiting my next book.
I can't finish an entire manuscript in 30 days because...
life can and will get in the way. I don't have a writing career yet, so I need to focus on other career paths until I do. Searching for both the former and latter paths is time consuming. As well, I like to maintain a healthy social life. Other projects become priority, such as the web series, since I am working on that with other people, they expect to see my work done shortly, I cannot put that on hold for my book that no one has asked me to do.
I can finish an entire manuscript in 30 days because...
Because I am looking at this in the big picture - which is terrifying and makes me want to stop. Instead of looking at it as 30 days, how about 30 single days. One day, thirty times. Breaking things down makes it less overwhelming and therefore much more doable in the time frame. If I want to write 100,000 words in said 30 days, that means 20,000 words a week, that means 4,000 words a day. Though that seems a bit overwhelming too, it's definitely doable, to set aside the hours needed, whether early in the morning or late at night.
If I did finish a manuscript, I would feel...
Like I can look at myself in the mirror and call myself a writer. Someone who an idea floating around my head and inked it down, creating characters and worlds and a plot so intricate it has to spread over 5 more. And it would overflow in to my other writing projects, as well my life projects.
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