Warning Road Block

Ugh. I hate this bit. This mental block that stops me writing. It’s like I am constantly trying to fight through a haze of thoughts to the true picture but it is still mired by mist.

I’ve got my main character back where they should be but now what? I seem to be stuck on a basic point, introducing them to other key people in the story.

Now normally this is where I would just give up and go back to the day job, but not this time. Something has changed. I seem to have this new stubbornness when it comes to my writing. I refuse to give up on it. I find myself coming at the problem from new angles at least in my head anyway and that is a big step for me. Next step brain storming it on paper until something finally gives whether that is the road block or me reaching for a bottle of wine. At least with the latter I will go back to it again, maybe with a slightly merrier wine induced smile but this girl is not giving up this time!

Perhaps the secret is for me to forget about it for the time being, leap ahead to the next bit that is sitting there in my head waiting for me to dust off my pen and come back to the road block after? Perhaps an introduction is just not ready to come into the light. It, much like my muse on occasion needs a bit of coaxing.

Maybe I have been reading too many writing tips and have become saturated with things that just don’t work for me?

Maybe that is the secret, do what works for you. I’m not just talking about writing here, think of it like you are a chef creating your own dish. That dish is your life. You don’t follow the recipe, you add a bit of this, a bit of that until it tastes good to you.

I just need to leave it simmering for awhile.