I may be wrong, and it might just be my style, but if something isn't working, instead of avoiding it, write your way through it. Certainly spend time thinking about it, but keep writing. I've found that allowing for a patch of fog in your story, has led, not to endless fog, but to the other side. If you wrote thousands of words to get to the other side, then so what, I guarantee those words weren't wasted. Either you have to make a few adjustments to use it, or you learned more about your characters, story, and world.
One of the biggest myths writers believe is that every word has to survive to the final draft to have been "worth writing." Some of the most valuable pages I've ever written never made it into the finished manuscript...but they absolutely belonged in the process of getting there.
I love your "patch of fog" analogy because that's how it often feels.
You don't always need to stop and wait for the fog to clear. Sometimes you just keep walking, and eventually you realize you've come out the other side with a better understanding of the story than you could've planned for.
Those words weren't wasted...they were tuition. 😊
Thanks for adding this. It's a perspective I think a lot of writers need to hear.
I may be wrong, and it might just be my style, but if something isn't working, instead of avoiding it, write your way through it. Certainly spend time thinking about it, but keep writing. I've found that allowing for a patch of fog in your story, has led, not to endless fog, but to the other side. If you wrote thousands of words to get to the other side, then so what, I guarantee those words weren't wasted. Either you have to make a few adjustments to use it, or you learned more about your characters, story, and world.
Thanks!!
Neil, I think that's exactly it.
One of the biggest myths writers believe is that every word has to survive to the final draft to have been "worth writing." Some of the most valuable pages I've ever written never made it into the finished manuscript...but they absolutely belonged in the process of getting there.
I love your "patch of fog" analogy because that's how it often feels.
You don't always need to stop and wait for the fog to clear. Sometimes you just keep walking, and eventually you realize you've come out the other side with a better understanding of the story than you could've planned for.
Those words weren't wasted...they were tuition. 😊
Thanks for adding this. It's a perspective I think a lot of writers need to hear.
I noticed you mentioned the same/similar thing in the following article.
Well the fun part about all this is the promo of the album. It has a tight theme...
Funny how 'You are MORE than you THINK you are' bleeds into everything.
...because it's true.