Scene blockage

Every writer hits plot issues; you are at A in a project and you want to get to Y, but you draw a blank on step B, or G, I, M, whatever.

I also get hung up on physical scenes. I’m cooking along, hammering out words, got my plot arc worked out, got plenty of forward planning, zip through the build-up, come to the action part…and BLAM. A blank.

I know the heroes are going to fight Group A to accomplish Thing B.

But under what conditions? What is the layout? It can’t just be anywhere, the reason the fight is taking place is that Group A went to ground in a safe spot to do X, allowing the PCs time to catch up.

But what is the safe spot in context with the larger, already described environment? The physical layout will dictate the flow of the fight, after all.

This seems so simple, yet it can be a very tough nut to break, at least for me. It is better than writer’s block because it is less hard to break, but it still is an impediment.

The curse of the action genre writer.