Strangely, I think I am less disciplined now than before I got published. Instead of writing, I am constantly doing research for magazine articles and so on. So I am making a conscious effort to write at least half a page of prose a day. And if I don't have an idea in my empty head, I must keep a journal, as I once did.
I hesitate to start the novel based on the screenplay. I did start two years ago and it did not succeed. I'd only written a few sample chapters for my agent. Now I must start again and this is fearsome because I believe that every false start erodes something in you - your belief in yourself and your ability. (Do I dare write the first word/do I dare eat a peach?)
At the same time, I do enjoy these features i have to write. A deadline is a good thing; the spectre of an editor waiting on the story's arrival in his inbox is a good thing. It concentrates my energies.
Writing is difficult. It is as difficult as designing a bridge, a poet wrote.
Yes.