Some PROFOUNDLY hard-earned advice for any other scriveners out there.

When you have tired of the project you are currently working on, the moment you put it aside, thinking that it is finished is, in reality, EXACTLY when it manifestly ISN'T! If you can break through this comforting, self-imposed barrier and complete at least another 20+ drafts, you will have finally achieved what you mistakenly thought 20 drafts ago. Be a true savage, don't fall in love with your prose, less is always more. Dig deep, I have written about all the most painful experiences in my life, and this frequently jars things loose, it's wholly agonizing, but worth it if you are legitimately serious about creating work of genuine interest/originality. Only rarely is the work immediately perfect, it's usually excrement until you start to work on it, so, unlike a turd, you can, and must, rigorously polish your prose. In truth, a great many films today are prematurely released with the text at the excrement stage.