If you want to be a writer – why do you stop when you get stuck?

If you were driving somewhere and the road was blocked, would you just turn around and go home? Or would you find a different way?

If you get stuck – the last thing you should do is stop writing!

If you’re stuck at a specific place in your story, jump to a different scene.

If you’re stuck with a story, work on a different story.

One of my teachers, a multi-published writer, believed, “If you get stuck and can’t get passed something, it means something is wrong with the story.”

I don’t think that’s true in every case. Sometimes we’re just not certain what comes next, but we do know where we want to go, so go there! Write your way back to the spot. You’ll find out if there’s a problem, or if it was a momentary lapse.

We all get stuck in traffic, in storms, in life – don’t stop!