What to Do When You Really Don’t Want to Write That Scene

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

Some scenes are hard to write, and others fight you every word. Does that mean something is wrong with it?
In every first draft I’ve ever written, I reached a point where I forced myself to finish a scene. It didn’t want to be written, it fought me every word, and it took me days to write. I just wanted it done and over with, and when it was really bad, it threw me right out of my writing groove.

But my outline said to do it, my daily plan said to write it, so I did. And it was terrible. Didn’t matter what scene or which book, it always turned out the same.

Eventually, I realized this was a huge red flag that something was wrong with the scene. If I didn’t want to write it, what made me think someone would want to read it?
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