I'm not a huge believer in writers block, but I do understand getting stuck on something. And usually taking a break and doing something else helps get some perspective, so I'm not going "why isn't this working? What's wrong? This isn't going how it's supposed to go even though I'm following my notes to the letter. What."
And then the agony over slushfiling begins. But sometimes taking out the thing I love the most about a piece winds up improving it. See also my OFBB where I have probably scrapped almost as much as I've written because things just keep going in circles and I get hung up on character moments and the details.
Course, my version of taking a break usually means "writing in the other word doc" and it's not unusual for me to be juggling two or three at any given time. I get stuck, I move onto the next.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2010-07-30 01:07 pm (UTC)And then the agony over slushfiling begins. But sometimes taking out the thing I love the most about a piece winds up improving it. See also my OFBB where I have probably scrapped almost as much as I've written because things just keep going in circles and I get hung up on character moments and the details.
Course, my version of taking a break usually means "writing in the other word doc" and it's not unusual for me to be juggling two or three at any given time. I get stuck, I move onto the next.