Michelle Sagara

I used to think, when the writing was a slog, that it was because I'd hit a writing wall, and I was going to have to climb. Now, I realize it's often the scene, or the mini-arc itself that causes the slow-down, and I'm coming to accept that this is not actually a bad thing; the words that come easily to me and the words that come with effort are all part of the book (any book) and they all have to be written regardless, because without tonal shifts within a book itself, the book has no structural texture; it's all flat planes, at one elevation or another.

Kinda like transition?

I know I hit periods where... I get to a sentence, and I'm going well, and then I get to that sentence--and after it, I just sit there and stare. And nothing really comes to mind, so I have to leave it alone.

But even when I come back sometimes, it's just... there. Just horrid transition, and sometimes it's the most stupid thing to be stuck on, but I just can't--click. I can't click back into it, I can't type a word and then keep going strong.

So when I finally come back to it, because no matter how long I wait, it's there, the same spot, the same feeling--I have to just... write a few sentences and keep going, even if those few sentences are jerky as hell. I can always go back and fix them later.

I hate moments like that.

Does that make any sense?