tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post113215570946723075..comments2023-10-01T05:41:30.570-07:00Comments on Cynthia Hickey's Rambling Writing Journey of Historical, Suspense, and Mystery Romance: Feeling StaleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-1136734909631243962006-01-08T08:41:00.000-07:002006-01-08T08:41:00.000-07:00Could it be you hit the dreaded middle of the book...Could it be you hit the dreaded middle of the book? Keep going!! You can do it!!!Rhonda Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381590968914554470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-1132452575862769002005-11-19T19:09:00.000-07:002005-11-19T19:09:00.000-07:00Keeping on keeping on DOES help. I'll often strug...Keeping on keeping on DOES help. I'll often struggle, just as you've described, with a chapter or scene. I used to agonize over it. Now I don't. Now I get it down, send it out to be critted, but move on. When I get the crits back, I revisit it. Sometimes the crit comments are enough to spark my brain into seeing the actual problem and fixing it. Other times, my crit partners have suggested something that will work. And finally, sometimes I just have to let it rest for some time, then revisit it a few weeks later for the "kinks" to work out. Either way, you can't give up. My handed-down advice is to at least get it down. You can't edit and revise what you haven't written! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507129192655971640noreply@blogger.com