When it all goes horribly wrong

Posted on | July 6, 2009 | No Comments

Sometimes you have a disaster of a day, or a week, or a month and your writing grinds to a halt. It can be very hard to regain your initial momentum and energy. I found that very much today where after a few things went a bit awry I found that facing the next scene just wasn’t flowing the way I wanted it to.

Still, time was ticking away and July 31st just keeps getting closer. Got to hit that word count! So I skipped ahead a few chapters. Not to the lat scene, but to the last big fight. Just about every book has this, from romance, to sci-fi to most literature. The big bust up at the end, the most interesting bit.

I wrote the hell out of it.

I can’t say it’s any good at all, I’m still too close to it but it was pleasure to write with that intensity, that focus. So my tip for today is, if you feel yourself stalling. Not stopping, but just slowing up, jump ahead to a fight scene. It doesn’t have to full on action, but cut to the conflict.

When the blood starts flying, literally of figuratively, then flow comes rushing back into my writing. Give it a try with yours!