"Like most things on the planet, thinking about doing it is a lot worse than simply sitting down and doing it. The writing wasn’t hard to do, you just need to plant ass in seat and go from there."

Sci-fi author John Scalzi, declaring the completion of his first novel to a newsgroup in 1997. Reminds me of the the songwriting advice I got from Pat DiNizio years ago: "No. Nope. Ass in chair. That's the only way."