When a writer writes

The fun part of being a writer, and some would say perhaps the bane of a writer's life, is the constant immersion in your fictional world.
It might be you have a plot knot, and you are tyring to untangle it, Gordian or otherwise, and when they appear they are all Gordian, and they wake you up at 2.00 or 3.00 am with the most ingenious solution.
"Ah ha," you say, and make either a mental note of it, or turn on the light and jot it down on the pad that you always keep beside your bed for these very occasions. And when you get yourself in a proper heap the next morning, and sit down in front of your computer and look at the idea you had, you realise, it's not going to work as well as your sleepy brain thought it would. It needs work. But the idea has knees, even though it's a bit wobbly, you just have to take a moment or two or perhaps a bit longer, and teach it how to dance.
The good thing about doing multiple drafts is you come to terms with what the plot wants and needs. You get to the point where you listen to your characters, and often they will present to you the solution to the issue you are having.
A writer should never block the narrative. It can and does wander off in it's own direction. If you follow it, you may end up in the most wonderful, amazing places.
It's all part of a writer's life, the process of getting the story on the page so that your readers will enjoy what you have been wrestling with these past few months.
I think that's what brings me back to the story I am currently working on. I can feel the pulse of it, and I know it has life. It's up to me to help it find a place in the world. And that's the hard bit. And the fun bit.