[RosieCotton]

Do you have any idea what's happening *after* the chapter you're stuck on? Sometimes skipping ahead and then coming back to fill in the hole can get the ol' muse started up again.

I have trouble working that way, but it works for many!

Playing stuff in my head works for me. If I get really stuck, I'll go for a long walk and rehash and rehash a scene or scrap of dialog until it starts working.

[Number57]

I 'play' the story in my head all the time... even when dreaming... but when I sit down to add what I've thought of or dreamt of, it doesn't seem to gel with the main plot, and I get really frustrated.

It's not like I'm trying to write the Great American Novel... far from it. It's just another horror story.

[R. Scott]

Sometimes skipping ahead and then coming back to fill in the hole can get the ol' muse started up again.

Benefits of a word processor! I learned to have a great deal of respect for those who came before and did not have that amazing tool. I can’t imagine writing a book without it – much less with a quill pen.