azhure | Untangling a ball of yarn (Reply)

See that title? That’s what putting this book back together feels like right now.

For the last few days, I’ve been stalled. Not blocked per se…just lacking enthusiasm for the book in general. I have a good chunk of what’s going to happen next roughly outlined, and I’m keen to get to work on some of those scenes…but I just didnt want to do it.

This morning, I figured out why. There were a few bits and pieces in previous chapters that didn’t make sense, and a scene that I’d been working on made even less sense. Characters need to do things that make sense, right?

The lesson is this for me: when I lose enthusiasm, it usually means that I’ve written something wrong. And the best thing I can do is to go away for a day or two and not actively work on the book, during which time my subconscious will work it all out for me. I just hate losing those days, but in the end, it has to be more productive. Right?

Right?

[cross-posted from my website]