Trouble with The Trouble With Demons

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The first major roadblock. Chapter 7 of TTWD was going well, then it wasn't. It stopped. Dead in the water. Has ceased to move forward.

Crap.

I hate it when that happens, but it does happen and I know why -- I'm about to screw up. Big time.

I know the signs. Whenever my writing grinds to a halt and I get that uneasy feeling, I've learned to trust my gut and just stop. To try to write my way through it would only make it worse, kind of like gunning a car engine when you're stuck in the mud. I know from experience that I'll just get myself in deeper. Pushing forward may work for some writers, but it doesn't do it for me. I'm on a schedule and a deadline; I don't have time for a major screw up, only minor ones. By stopping, I'm keeping a minor inconvenience from becoming a major screw up. If I lose a day or two from my schedule by figuring out what's wrong with the direction I was going, so be it. It beats the heck out of a major rewrite later on. That I don't have time for.

Time to go back over my notes (about 200 pages worth), consult the All-Powerful and All-Knowing Synopsis, open a fresh Word document, and brainstorm my way out of this. Fast.

Wish me luck. ; )

Lisa