Writing is Like a Puzzle – Who Knew?

As a writer there are times when the words come easily and many more times where the words are harder to form. In some regards, writing is like a puzzle. Some pieces snap together quickly while others you try to put into multiple places only sigh when they don’t snap together.

Case in point. I have been trying to figure out a way to move my story on to the big bad moment. I know where I want to go (sort of) in that big bad moment, but I have to link it to what came before – plug that puzzle piece in so that the story flows together.

And I struggled about it for DAYS. Finally I was talking to one of my writer friends and told her I was stuck, so she brainstormed with me for a bit and made a suggestion that, while it didn’t work exactly, it opened my brain to a different possibility. And I got to writing again.

I flipped that puzzle piece upside down and saw that it did fit, I had simply been looking at it the wrong way.

I think that analogy works for writing and many other aspects of our life. Be open to looking at things from another perspective.