Week Three – Road Block

I had my first block this week. Something was off about what I was writing so I took an afternoon to try out a new method of unblocking.

What I did was write out on paper these questions:

1. What is not working?
2. Why isn’t it working?
3. What are ways that I can fix it?

I picked up this idea for watching and listening to interviews with Sarah J. Maas. The reason I am trying her way of getting through blocks is because she’s writing books that I enjoy and the kinds of stories I want to complete writing.

I have written 11K words so far and the method of writing it scene by scene instead of chapters is working really well for me.

I have written three novels so far that range in length and they taught me a lot about the process of writing. I have learned what works for me and what doesn’t work.

I have given myself the deadline of March 9, 2025 to get 90K words done. I am hoping to be done long before that but I like that I have given myself the last few months of my 41st year to do it.