Did you ever start a project, all gun-hoe, then suddenly things start to slow down and get bogged down.
That’s what happened to me last week on my book edits.
It was taking me longer and longer to finish a chapter. Soon, I couldn’t even get one page done in an hour.
Talk about a study in frustration!
Anyone else feel like you’re the one stuck in the mud?
Then I realized that I was focusing too much on the tiny details and missing the big picture. Things finally started to click.
I’m almost done with the month long edits. It’s taken twice as long as I expected. The only good thing out of this is I do think the book is better for it.
How about you? Did you ever start a project then find that it just kinda petered out?
What did you do to get back the passion and dig yourself out?
Yep, had this happen to me before–in fact, it’s happening to me right now with my current WIP. I started out strong, but have totally gotten bogged down. It isn’t writer’s block–I know where I want my story to go and how I want to get there, it’s more that I’m trying too damn hard to get it as perfect as I can in the rough draft so I don’t have as many edits as I did in my first MS. But I have to allow myself to just right.
Great post! You explained it perfectly, Brenda.
It’s not writers block.
The muse didn’t run off.
For me, it’s that blasted self doubt and the desire to have everything perfect. I just have to learn to crawl over all the roadblocks my mind throws out in my way, even if that roadblock is me.