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For my present WIP, I am shooting for a finished word count of 75-80K (possibly 90, but I don't think it'll run that long).
I began this story with all these plot twists and ideas and *gaspshock* revelations to come out later. I wrote thousands of words a week, convinced there would always be enough plot to keep away writer's block.
Now, I'm at 43K, the approximate middle of my novel, and I'm running out of steam. The story is trickling. I'm having a hard time bringing those *gaspshock* revelations forward, and my characters are walking into walls. I do still know where the story is going, and a pretty good idea how it's going to end, but I'm not ready to get there yet. I feel like my characters are just stalling to fill time, and the whole middle of my book will be crapola. It's unfathomable that I have to write about as many words as I've already written.
Anyone else felt this way? What do you do about it?
I began this story with all these plot twists and ideas and *gaspshock* revelations to come out later. I wrote thousands of words a week, convinced there would always be enough plot to keep away writer's block.
Now, I'm at 43K, the approximate middle of my novel, and I'm running out of steam. The story is trickling. I'm having a hard time bringing those *gaspshock* revelations forward, and my characters are walking into walls. I do still know where the story is going, and a pretty good idea how it's going to end, but I'm not ready to get there yet. I feel like my characters are just stalling to fill time, and the whole middle of my book will be crapola. It's unfathomable that I have to write about as many words as I've already written.
Anyone else felt this way? What do you do about it?