Working the Words

Most writers know what it's like to be off track, when things don't always go as planned. I'm not a plotter, per say, but I do have a rough idea in which direction I'm moving the plot. Okay, very rough, but at least it's something, right?

Though, I quickly lose any momentum when I've been working, re-working and over editing a piece. I just become sick to death of the story, of thinking about it, of writing it. The characters suddenly become cardboard, the action blah.

But, I have heard many other authors make a suggestion that seems to be working for me. Write something else. Work on something else, do anything else different and see if you can refocus.

So, I went with a very strange dream I had the night before last. I sat down yesterday and wrote 2000 plus words on this new short story. It's something different, but hey, it's working and I'm stickin' with it. Hopefully I can finish it before I lose interest! lol

It's ghostly. Maybe even an erotic horror, which I've never done before. Yep, fun. Fun. Fun.

How do you stay on track?

Taylor