Skip the boring parts

Writing is such a convoluted process that I spend half the time reminding myself of things I already know. That's one reason I started this blog: to keep this knowledge fresh, to run through this stuff until I know it cold--if I ever do.

Anyway, the brilliant insight I had this weekend was: Skip the boring parts.

And yes, I have had that brilliant insight before. Approximately 45,179 times. But somehow I found myself forcing myself to write a transitional scene (characters going from one impor...