I really adore this article — Name Paralysis.  It’s about an annoying distraction that doesn’t really make sense.  Although it’s targeted toward software development, it has a lot in common with writing.  I often get caught up in “Name Paralysis” myself :  titles for chapters, names for characters, fictional places, etc.   One spends so much time with thinking up names that it’s often “paralyzing” for productivity.

Anyway, cool article and a good read for writers.

70% of writing is thinking so don’t be discouraged if you’ve been staring at a blank page for hours without actually writing anything.    The time spent in front of a notebook is work whether you’ve written something or not because during this time you were thinking, planning, and devising your story.  This is the largest part of writing.

Unless you have a deadline, don’t rush your ideas.  It takes time for good writing to happen.  For beginners it takes a little longer but once you’ve finally gathered your thoughts together, the actual writing will flow naturally.