Stuck in the Middle

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been telling stories, sometimes the writing path is not a straight line. Case in point – my current story has been a slow go lately. I’ve been struggling with where to go next.

This weekend I took a step back – a big step back actually and started reading it from the beginning. And I came to the conclusion that part of the reason I am stuck right now is that I am too far along in the story.

What the heck does that mean you might ask.

Well, what it means is that I am at a point in the book where it feels like the middle, however I haven’t written enough of the book to be at the middle yet. So I am actually deconstructing things a bit. I am adding scenes earlier in the book so that I can build it out so the middle really is the middle. Make sense?

If not, hopefully it will when you actually get to read the finished story!