Sometimes I get to a point in the plot of my novel where my productivity slows down. It’s not that my commitment to writing is waning, but more than I need to think through my story more thoroughly. After all, it’s not like I’m publishing children’s books; I’m working on mysteries, which requires quite a bit of cleverness in plotting.
It can be tedious to write out certain portions of a long, 400-page-plus novel; not every scene is automatically riveting until you think it through and find a way to make it fascinating. Some writers don’t care and will push out boring scenes to keep their page output up and meet a deadline; since I don’t have a book contract just yet, I don’t have to be hamstrung like that.
For about a week, I’ve been stuck on the same part of my novel; while I haven’t been producing new pages, I’ve been working on ways to drive the plot forward while making the scene interesting to read. Finally, last night, I had my breakthrough and produced several pages and now I’m past the problem section and back on track with my productivity pace.
That’s satisfying.
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