Writing Frustrations

I’m about halfway into the last of the short stories I’m presently committed to write for Pro Se. It’s coming along a bit slowly as I reach into the middle. But it got off to a rocky start. When it comes to these assignments I do for other people, and especially in a genre I’m not really familiar with, I go through a few different stages of progress.

First off, there’s the planning stage. At this point, I’m really excited about the project, and my hand can’t stop scribbling notes in my trusty...