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[piplover]

Ok, I'm writing a Torchwood fic which lil_banik_slave has been beta-ing for me.   Than you so much, sweetie! But I'm stuck!  I know where I want the story to go, but, really, the words are not coming!   I've rewritten the same scene like five times and each time I end up deleting it.  What do you all do when you end up stuck like this?  I've tried writing different scenes, but apparently my brain only works in a linear fashion and I keep getting sucked back into that difficult scene. 

Help?

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[gaffer42.livejournal.com]

I usually write right through - do something along the lines of what you want, knowing it's not exactly right, and keep going - by the time I've done with that and am approaching the end something *bing* s in my brain and I can go back to the scene I don't like. Can't hurt to try - writer's block is your internal editor on a caffine buzz, is all - it'll wear off sooner or later.

[shirebound]

When a scene is really difficult to write, I skip ahead and write past it, then work my way back to it. Good luck!

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

Maybe the scene is just not meant to be. Have you tried a different approach that gets you to the same ending.

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I can try that. It just seems that every time I write the scene it comes out crap. Sigh.
Thanks, sweetie!

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I wish I could, but my brain keeps going, "But, but that other scene! It goes first!" Gah! Maybe I just need to write hobbits for a bit, lol. They never gave me so much trouble!

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I've thought of that, but the scene is the one that sets up another scene between Ianto and Sara. Plus, it's such a good Ianto whump opportunity. As if I haven't been horrible enough to the poor thing. Sigh.