That means I usually know what I want to achieve, but haven't a clue *how*
Yes, that's it exactly... although I figure that lets me work on the story even when I can't be physically writing it. You know, falling asleep, waiting in line, driving (it's not easy to make notes when you're going 45mph!
)... Besides, it's fun
And yes, sometimes frustrating, until my brain finally lets me in on the perfect fix for the problem.
Once I get that, though, the next five or six pages tend to flow beautifully... I love that part.
I do sometimes lay out the next 4-5 scenes, just to give me sort of an overview of how the story's progressing. Scribbling a few lines and writing whole scenes, however, are very different things! And when I was stuck yesterday, I went back and looked at what I had written and how it was all fitting together. Anything that's more than a few scenes out, however, is generally described as "stuff happens"
PJ
