[Haunted]

Thank you, Rod, that's some good advice.

First Draft Syndrome is a growing problem among writers. It can strike at any age and does not diferentiate between gender and content. Any writer can become afflicted with FDS. Be aware of the following symptoms

Banging the keyboard
Starting your project over more than twice
Staring at the screen, usually at one paragraph for more than five minutes
Pacing while muttering character conversations for more than an hour

If you have two or more of the symptoms you may have FDS.

Jeezus pleezus, I have started my shit over a million times. One author told me to think of it in the sense of writing essays, because that's something I can nail. When you write an essay, it's not always a good idea to write your thesis/intro paragraph first, because theorectically, you have a vague idea about your topic, but you don't know exactly where you're going to end up. So, she told me, write all over the place (You can't do that in an actually essay or thesis paper or report). You can write out different character dialouge sessions, and then sort of put it all together like a puzzle.

I think you have to find your[I]own[I] techniques to figure out what works best. I've been told that there really isn't any such thing as writer's block rather it's just a sort an obstacle that you learn to develope techniques to overcome, a sort of rerouting or rewiring.