For once, my thoughts are not geared towards meeting deadlines or reorganizing a writing schedule. I am actually doing quite well there. But I have seem to come into a habit that may or may not be good. It may or may not also slow me down.
As of late, I have been just writing out whatever scene pops into my mind. While the entire story is outlined, the Muse doesn't want to follow it. She wants to write whatever is more exciting at the time. I've been following her moods, and it's leading to some great numbers at the end of the day. However, that leaves some gaps in the story marked by some asterisks.
I know many other authors that do this as well, so it's not really revolutionary. It's only causing hiccups for me because staring at those asterisks seems to chase away the Muse. In order to combat it, I've been looking to a blank sheet of paper instead. With my lovely pen, I can fill in the breaks between scenes. It's a great deal better than staring until my head hurts, but it just causes that slight delay in having to write out the scene on paper and then again on the computer. Since I type fairly quickly, this has not been an issue yet. Plus, I'm ahead of schedule.
At this point, I'd do just about anything to keep writing and avoid the dreadful writer's block.
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