On a side note, I am slightly distracted recently, since I am trying to write a novel too. I don’t spend all day working on it, but I been trying to spend a few hours everyday on it. I want to make sure I am also writing stuff, for that, or games everyday too. Since it is easy to get distracted if I don’t write anything for a while.
Congrats! Good luck with the novel. And, yes, the more you write, the less difficult it becomes. Like working out. The moment you stop, it becomes so easy to just let it slide. I need to take my own advice XD Working on a ttrpg, but slip far too often.