Being stuck in your writing is a horrible feeling. It's like taking a test and finding a question you don't know the answer to and don't know how to find the answer to. Your stomach twists in knots and all you want is to have the answer and for the test to be over.
I'm not really stuck. I did take the weekend off from writing though, and that made it difficult to write on the gothic story yesterday. However, that difficulty also let me see and work out a problem in my plot for my gothic tale.
People who say outlines aren't fluid, that they do not allow the story to grow organically and go where the characters take it are wrong. My story doesn't need to have the next two scenes in it. They don't serve a purpose other than to repeat the main character's thoughts and concerns about the problem she faces. Therefore, I am cutting the scenes.
Before I get to them, though, I've still got to finish the current scene, the one I began yesterday morning. I'm almost there and should have it finished tonight.
Over 400 words written this morning.
What do you do when you are stuck in your writing? What tricks do you use to solve the problem and start moving forward again?
I'm not really stuck. I did take the weekend off from writing though, and that made it difficult to write on the gothic story yesterday. However, that difficulty also let me see and work out a problem in my plot for my gothic tale.
People who say outlines aren't fluid, that they do not allow the story to grow organically and go where the characters take it are wrong. My story doesn't need to have the next two scenes in it. They don't serve a purpose other than to repeat the main character's thoughts and concerns about the problem she faces. Therefore, I am cutting the scenes.
Before I get to them, though, I've still got to finish the current scene, the one I began yesterday morning. I'm almost there and should have it finished tonight.
Over 400 words written this morning.
What do you do when you are stuck in your writing? What tricks do you use to solve the problem and start moving forward again?