That "in between" is where the real character development takes place, is the most challenging for me, and the most rewarding aspect. I've got stories I started 20 years ago that aren't even close to finished. Some are little more than a title, but every time I look at them I know where the stories are going. It's best for me to focus on one work at a time and edit it until I can't even look at it anymore.
And I agree with ignoring punctuation at first. Just write, write, write and write. You'll rework it so many times that the punctuation you might fix at first probably won't even exist by the third revision. I use a steno pad and just write like the wind, put in bullet points, chart character relationships, and other draft measures. With older stories I tend to use a mini and just free-form blast a rough-in into OpenOffice. I use spreadsheets for managing chronological issues. Whatever works for you, use that approach.
As for "4 pages a day", sometimes I feel accomplished just by changing a single word or moving a clause. Other days are just the opposite. And as incredible as the text processing abilities are now, I still find a printout and a handful of pens and highlighters to be far more efficient for major edits, revisions, and reorganization.
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