This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop we're asked, “What do you do when you're stuck in your writing?”
Ooh, this is such a good question! Generally, when I'm stuck it's due to one of a few things. Either because I haven't thought out the story well enough--the only help for that is to go back to the drawing board, so to speak, and figure things out. Another common problem is that my characters aren't cooperating. That's usually because I'm trying to "tell" the story from the wrong point of view. The only way around that is to give the scene to someone else. Sometimes...the problem is that I'm about to make one (or more!) of my characters very unhappy; maybe even kill one of them off! That's never fun, but you just have to power through it. But I've continued to grieve some characters' deaths years after the fact.
Occasionally, I'm stuck for a minor issue--I've lost the narrative thread. The best way around that is to start from the beginning (or some other convenient place) and read what I've written so far. Very often by the time I get to the place where I've ended the story, I find the problem has disappeared and I'm able to move on.
Now, hop on over to Jenna Da Sie's page to find out what she does when she's stuck!
Games We Play: Boxed Set 1
Book a stay the Wild Geese Inn, where love is rekindled, friends become lovers, trust is rediscovered and the fun never ends!
A quirky, family-owned resort on the Jersey Shore is the setting for this erotic, lightly paranormal series. Cousins Brenda, Luke and Gwyn are determined to turn their failing hotel business around. They have no time for love. They're in no mood for games. But it's not going to matter. Not when they're up against a handful of ghosts, a mischievous boggart, a family curse, and destinies written in stone.
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