Ged Maybury
I get that a bit. Don't we all?
My best strategy is to wander around my files and re-open something I haven't worked on for a while. From a year ago - at least. And I start reading it from the beginning - as if it is new to me. Very soon I've diving in, editing, polishing ... it retriggers the instinct to hunt.
As to the problem of 'Oh heck I've no idea where this scene is going ..." syndrome, I lie on my bed and really concentrate on something entirely different - like visualsing how to build a new glasshouse, bolt by bolt, every shovel-ful of concrete, every nail ... let myself drift for a bit ...
Until my brain gets sick of it and suddenly switches to my book problems - totally ready with the answers!
My best strategy is to wander around my files and re-open something I haven't worked on for a while. From a year ago - at least. And I start reading it from the beginning - as if it is new to me. Very soon I've diving in, editing, polishing ... it retriggers the instinct to hunt.
As to the problem of 'Oh heck I've no idea where this scene is going ..." syndrome, I lie on my bed and really concentrate on something entirely different - like visualsing how to build a new glasshouse, bolt by bolt, every shovel-ful of concrete, every nail ... let myself drift for a bit ...
Until my brain gets sick of it and suddenly switches to my book problems - totally ready with the answers!
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