The Craft: How to Avoid Self-Sabotage in Fiction Writing

This writing gig can be hard at times, Folks. But along the way, you start picking up little tricks to keep you going and stay productive. Here’s a big one I’ve recently learned…Let’s see if I can explain…

A while back I was tearing through my latest story, just ripping through words. Adding up word counts, keeping the plot arcs going, all that. I hit a new section, things slowed down and then slowly, almost imperceptibly ground to a halt. Don’t know why. Was I burnt out? No. Did I not outlin...