Too many irons, not enough fire.

Online review sites are the slushpiles of feedback.

Sometimes a fresh perspective is all you need to get a second wind on the revision process. Try viewing your material on a different medium; it will shed a new light on the inconsistencies in the dark.

You don't find light by avoiding the darkness.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

We're reduced to writing eight-minute acts. It's very difficult storytelling, especially for character scenes. An hour is now 41 minutes, and that's a terrible trim.