Too many would be authors fail to do their homework and plan before beginning to write. The result is often frustration and failure.
Like any other task at which you succeed, writing begins with organizing your thoughts, gathering your tools, creating a project plan and sticking to it and putting in the effort needed to keep moving forward toward your goal(s).
As Sholem Asch is quoted as saying about writing:
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