Progress, At Last!

I just finished rewriting the 14-page prologue of What Luck. I've been working on it for the past three days, and I'm finally satisfied with it. I feel like I'm making some progress on this book, at last!
I'm going to bring it to the WWG meeting tomorrow night at Michelle's, and read it to her, Lisa, and Rich. I hope they'll like it and will give me some constructive feedback. If they have some good suggestions, I'll rewrite it to make it even better. I'm good at rewriting - too good. I always seem to get stuck in the rewriting phase of a project, and never get around to finishing it. But I feel like I'm on a roll with What Luck, and I'm motivated to finish it.
I plan on sending the prologue in for the SCBWI conference critique. I've had very helpful critiques before (of other projects) at the last two conferences, so I'm really looking forward to this one. It's such an honor to have a professional novelist look at my work, and give advice on how to write it better. I've learned some important things each time. There are several writers and editors on the faculty this year, who have experience and expertise in teen and young adult books. So I hope I'll get a chance to have one of them look at my work.
The main reason I've been so productive with writing over the past three days is that I'm on vacation this week from the b.s. It's such a luxury to have all this time to myself, to focus on writing, and not have to worry about other obligations. I have four days left, so I also plan to finish Chapter 1. But even after I'm back to work, I need to keep this momentum going, and find enough free time to devote to writing, so I can keep making progress. I'm committed to this, so I'll find a way. I want to see the finished pages piling up, until I've reached the finish line.