#WritersCoffeeClub May 30 - What do you do when you're stuck?

If it's just a scene, I play a simple solitaire game or make a break.
If it's more than that, I wait. And wait. It's what I'm doing right now. Found out the hard way that writing without muse just results in crap writing.

#WritersCoffeeClub May 30 - What do you do when you're stuck?

How stuck is stuck?

Writer's block at short story length: put it down for a few years, write something else.

Blocked on a novel is different, it means my subconscious is warning me that I made a mistake a while ago and I need to back up, re-think, then re-write (anything from a scene up to half a book). So I take a couple of days or weeks off to think and see what shakes loose, then go back to work.

#WritersCoffeeClub May 28 – Have you ever regretted cutting a scene?

I do cut scenes when necessary, but I don't remember any of them, which probably says it all.

#WritersCoffeeClub 30/5: What do you do when you're stuck?

With writing? I just do other things and wait usually. The best ideas come along unexpectedly, but you have to be open to them and let them do their own thing. And have faith. But currently I'm doing word count goals so it's a little different. My book has only one focal character, but there are different 'realms' to her life that are all developing for the reader. If I don't know what's happening next in one realm I just switch to a different one. Seems to be working. I feel like there will be a lot of revision for this book, but revision is my favourite part so that's not a bad thing.

#WritersCoffeeClub May 30 - What do you do when you're stuck?

Something mundane for about twenty minutes ...wash dishes, organise a food cupboard.

I'm handy to have around when I'm stuck. 🙂

#WritersCoffeeClub 30th May ~ What do you do when you're stuck?

I generally work around the sticking point until a solution presents itself. If that doesn't work, I turn to one of my favourite online writing contests. And if that doesn't work, I let it simmer for a week.

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#writerscoffeeclub 5/30 What do you do when you’re stuck?

Leave it for as long as it needs. Do something else, if my brain wants to engage. I might write myself a note about it and find something comes up that sheds new light on it.

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May 30th

What do you do when you're stuck?

If the "stuck" is within a question or uncertainty inside the project, I try to focus only on that solution until it's solved.
If the "stuck" is more general as if I don't know what to do next I let the project go for a while.

#writerscoffeeclub 5/30 What do you do when your stuck?

Walk the dog, sleep, write flash, etc and let my mind work through it at its own pace. It wanders down odd allies till it stumbled on something.

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