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"Paint the Town" has been going in circles, as Ginny tries to talk herself into or out of various actions and attitudes.

But I've identified the problem: this is the exact same thing that happened to me when I was writing Bluebell, one of my original stories. I spent page after page of conversation -- a good several thousand words worth -- between Bluebell and the fox, trying to hash out an issue that I, the writer, wasn't sure how to deal with. It really had nothing to do with the characters' opinions.

I'm doing it again, not because Ginny and Hermione are wavering about what's been happening (though there is some of that) but because I personally have very little idea of the upcoming details, and am trying to hash them out as I write.

No wonder I feel like I'm going nowhere.

On the other hand, I think I figured out how to write the next dream scene in "Secrets," which was stalling me for a while, because I didn't want to put in the mental effort to plan it out.

And now you've just seen my two forms of writer's block: the author unsure of her story's direction, and the author being an avoidant lazy bum.

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Elizabeth Culmer

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