In between, there was just, this. The part nobody talks about, where one story is finished and the next one exists but hasn't started yet, and you're the only person in both places at once.
I reread Chapter 1 four times looking for things to fix. Worked on other stories to have somewhere to put my mind. The chapter didn't change. The calendar didn't care.
TBMKY had a character who knew he was trapped inside a draft. I thought that was his problem.