When I first started writing, I was very linear with my approach. The thought was impeded in my mind that in order to have proper flow I had to write Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, etc...
Thats exactly what I had done, except I was only able to make it to Chapter 3 until I hit a stone wall- a speech, oh by Sera, why did I have to write a speech. I hate those, and I couldn't get over it.
About a year went by, and I'd only managed to write a couple sentences at a time of what came to be about a page-long talk from one of the main powers of the book.
I had everything else planned out, literally, chapter by chapter, the only issue was getting it to paper- but still I couldn't get past Chapter 3 so how could I possibly ever finish this book?
Eventually I had a really great idea for a fight scene that ended up in Chapter 7, and I wrote it down before I forgot. That helped.
Chapter 6 came next, then chapter 32, then chapter 11, then chapter 40, THEN Chapters 3, 4, and 5 to fill that void.
From then on I finished a total of 39 additional chapters, 42 in total within a month.
The issue isn't writers block, the issue is not having enough to write what you are stuck on trying to write. If the feeling isn't there, if the world isn't there, than you won't be able to pen it to pad.
I used action, fight scenes, and major events to help me fill in the voids. Mainly for me, fight scenes, because thats what had entertained me personally and made the writing fun.
After that it became easy to write the pages in between because it provided context.
Thats exactly what I had done, except I was only able to make it to Chapter 3 until I hit a stone wall- a speech, oh by Sera, why did I have to write a speech. I hate those, and I couldn't get over it.
About a year went by, and I'd only managed to write a couple sentences at a time of what came to be about a page-long talk from one of the main powers of the book.
I had everything else planned out, literally, chapter by chapter, the only issue was getting it to paper- but still I couldn't get past Chapter 3 so how could I possibly ever finish this book?
Eventually I had a really great idea for a fight scene that ended up in Chapter 7, and I wrote it down before I forgot. That helped.
Chapter 6 came next, then chapter 32, then chapter 11, then chapter 40, THEN Chapters 3, 4, and 5 to fill that void.
From then on I finished a total of 39 additional chapters, 42 in total within a month.
The issue isn't writers block, the issue is not having enough to write what you are stuck on trying to write. If the feeling isn't there, if the world isn't there, than you won't be able to pen it to pad.
I used action, fight scenes, and major events to help me fill in the voids. Mainly for me, fight scenes, because thats what had entertained me personally and made the writing fun.
After that it became easy to write the pages in between because it provided context.