Writing can be painful sometimes, especially when you’ve decided to move away from a part of your manuscript because you’ve realized it isn’t meeting your expectations and you’re spending too much time trying to make it right. As in many things in life, sometimes you have to put it down, walk away and get back to it. Approaching a problem with a fresh mind, and after a looooong break, can help bring the solution to light.
In the case of my manuscript, I had this particular pivotal chapter down on paper for quite some time, but it wasn’t what I really expected it to be. So I put it on the back burner and got tied up in other chapters instead.
This afternoon, in an aisle at Staples, an answer came to me, as if an angel of creativity whizzed by my ear and delivered a kernel of hope.
It’s a brilliant solution to a problem that stopped my drama dead in its tracks. The problem had brought the entire story to a halt like a sledgehammer to the kneecap, and by some miracle the idea came along like a knee surgeon and fixed it like new.
Now, revitalized, I can stop blogging about it and go get that pivotal chapter back on its feet and marching toward the end like a true Marine fresh off the disabled list. Oooh-Rah!
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