I’d gotten stuck on an outline. I’d written myself into a corner.<\/p>\n
I saw the final scenes, clear as day. I knew<\/i> the final scene inside and out. The problem was…<\/p>\n
I didn’t know how to get<\/i> there.<\/p>\n
I’d reached a point, maybe sixty percent of the way into the story, where I couldn’t “see” where to go to connect with those final scenes.<\/p>\n
I think<\/i> I’ve figured it out.<\/p>\n
I think I know now how to get to where I want to go. It means some backtracking, but then the path is there.<\/p>\n
It’s like crossing the Rocky Mountains on the way to Oregon.<\/p>\n
I think, I just think, I might be able to see the light. Err, the Pacific Ocean, I mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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