Finish my first book

I'm currently working on my first novel. It was pretty cool at first. And now I'm like fuck, this is gonna take a lot longer than I thought. So I've got a few years to go, I think. And then on to the next two (I've already got general outlines for these, which is pretty cool too, for now.) A writer I know once compared inspiration to black helicopters come searching for the right writer. Hmm...