tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post6413063439653322907..comments2023-04-02T07:19:31.692-05:00Comments on Outside the Box: StalledUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-55667829368756490382016-12-20T07:16:07.083-06:002016-12-20T07:16:07.083-06:00This may not help at all, but *for me*, that would...This may not help at all, but *for me*, that would be a lot of rereading of stuff that I've already written. I try hard not to reread a first draft until I'm done because it tends to put me in left-brain, editing mode. I know that's tough, though, when you're not sure where you've left off.<br /><br />Once when I was stuck, I worked backwards from the end of the book to the point where I left off. It was challenging enough to keep my brain engaged and meant that I did make some mini-outlines to keep everything in order, backwards.<br /><br />Another time I thought of the rest of the story as scenes (the second body is found, a key suspect is questioned, the sleuth has a moment of danger, a suspect gives a false alibi and points to another suspect) and then wrote scenes out of order (whatever appealed to me to write...whatever mood I was in). <br /><br />You'll get through the slump soon,I'm sure. Good luck!Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-14813980405511898242016-12-19T23:37:17.017-06:002016-12-19T23:37:17.017-06:00"Nothing's blowing my skirt up" alwa..."Nothing's blowing my skirt up" always reminds me of Marilyn Monroe - and I never did watch that movie.<br /><br />I'm a little stalled, but getting closer to chugging up the hill. Tonight I'm reading a novel I published six years ago because it happens a year after 6C, and mentions stuff that happened in the last version of 6C. I need to remember what trouble Lorel got into, the culture of the island, etc. It's helping me flesh out the outline. :-)<br /><br />And I still enjoy Necromancer's Anchor, even though my fingers twitch to edit it a little. ;-)Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-32761381542453806752016-12-19T09:19:10.502-06:002016-12-19T09:19:10.502-06:00I like your great-grandmother. Just sayin'...
...I like your great-grandmother. Just sayin'...<br /><br />I understand your frustration. I'd be under the covers reading other people's words but for contracted deadlines. You'll work your way out of this slump eventually. Your fans will be patiently waiting when you're ready. <i>*nods*</i> <br /><br />Until then, sit back, relax. Do what makes you happy. At some point, the ideas will come. Here's to a new year!Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com