Yes, Wendy, wasted writing is exactly what I’m trying to avoid. Steady and slow seems to be my way forward.

At least the good thing with your methodology – while it may be slow progress, you know you’re closer to the end game when you finish a session. That must be a comfort. I never know if my subconscious brain is going to come up with a different plan and I’ve just written a whole lot which is now redundant! I do try and hang on to the old adage, though, that no writing is wasted, even if I think so at the time.

I’m not sure we can change much about the way we naturally write, Wendy. I think we simply have to accept it and work accordingly. I’ve tried to do things faster but it doesn’t help at all, I just end up with a messy draft that needs twice as much work as it would have done had I gone slower. So that will be the way it is from now on.