This is how I will proceed with the remainder of my new WIP. I’ve spent too much time caring about what people would think about my first novel that I only put half my heart into it. Who wants to read half a heart?

So without Care or Caution I am going to dive into my new WIP today. I’m not going to care if it’s been done before. I’m not going to care if it’s cliche’. I’m not going to be cautious as to if it’s TOO MUCH or TOO LITTLE. I’m just going to write. I’m going to brainstorm and go with what feels right.

I’m going to choose my super powers/abilities/fantasical things all because they appeal to me. I’m not going to leave them out because they have already been done. I’m just going to strive to do them MY way…even if it’s not necessarily different.

All these rules and restrictions are putting a major damper on my creative juices. It’s time to just let them flow already!

Wish me luck

I had the most amazing first chapter spurt out of me. I held back on the adjectives and adverbs. Passive sentences took a back seat for the active writing to shine through. I showed like telling didn’t even exist. The chapter is BEAUTIFUL!

Then I had a brain fart.

Half of chapter two is plotted and written, but I don’t know where to go with it. I don’t know how much to reveal now and how much to save for later. I don’t know how quickly to move my chapters. I don’t know what I can use as some filler action. And worst of all, I have NO CLUE how to end this book.

I spent half the day yesterday writing every thought that passed through my head….it got me nowhere. Wait! That’s a lie…it got me frustrated! All this absolutely beautiful back story and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to flesh out the front. Every new idea comes with a new challenge. I know I know…this is a good thing…conflict is yummy…fully aware…but not when you don’t know how to resolve it!

So once again I find myself stuck. I love writing, I despise being stuck.

Ever been here? What did you do?