Finally, I feel I am ready for this step. My plot needs constructing, and my listing and collecting continues, but that will always be true, no matter how long I wait. This was my first question upon beginning to read Step 3, and was addressed in point 5. I agree, as much to Boise surprise as my own, that I should not wait. It may feel uncomfortable, but I know that if I do, I will never feel ready to start. This sentiment seems to be cropping up a lot in my life lately, especially with regard to this course. Meditate even if you know you won't succeed. How do you know when you determine whether or not you succeed? Write even when there isn't much to write about, the act of writing will help. So many things require that we aren't ready for them for us to actually BE ready for them.
For example, yesterday I began a beginners riding course to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Sitting on one for the first time, looking at all the complicated controls, the engine cut-off, the clutch and gear shifter, front brake, rear brake, ignition, ect. overwhelmed me. But there wasn't time to feel that way, we had to learn, and by the third time my bike jumped as I tried to shift from neutral into first gear without pulling in the clutch, I had learned not to do that. When you jump into something, like writing, or in the case of step 3, outlining, mistakes are going to be made, but unlike on riding a motorcycle, you will not die from them. You will learn something 99% of the time.
Unlike Boise's "subjects" I trust outlines, most times making them when working on a paper, so this, too, is not new for me. I find his to be much more in-depth than mine are, so I endeavor to create one as long and detailed as is possible at this phase of my story's development. It is likely to change the more information I continue to collect, but having one, and one with great detail, will help. During our in-class BDS today, I will put off my research, instead focusing on Steps 2 and 3.
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