I had a difficult time getting out of the freewrite, morning pages babble of this one too. Read just the first few words of yours in my feed before beginning--pitbulls...
I've read that Artists Way book, but most all I remember is the daily three pages, so I don't think you need to feel guilty about it. Premise is write three entire pages in order to move the fluff away and get to the meat, but it could be argued the fluff's okay too. At least to me :)
Now, I'm doing it on your page! I'd better get going.