I have done an outline. We had to do that over the weekend (It was worth a LOT of points, so there was no skipping it). Even with the outline, I'm still staring at a blank document that only has the header.

The fifteen minutes thing might work, at least. And no, that doesn't sound backwards at all! As a writer, I totally get it. The beginning is always the hardest part. The beginning has to hook the reader in, after all.

Thanks for the advice. I think... I'll try doing it fifteen minutes at a time for now.