When I was growing up, it would drive me crazy when my mom would take books off the shelves or pull them out of shopping bags when we got home and right away skip to the end.
She says she doesn't want to read a book if she won't like the ending, so she reads that first.
While I still have a hard time with this when it comes to reading,
it is a sound technique when it comes to writing.
Do you feel stuck?
Unsure how two scenes should mesh together?
Feel like there's a gaping plot hole in the middle of your story?
Just skip to the end.
Start writing the chapter that will contain your climax.
Write the bittersweet resolution you have had mapped out in your head since before you had all of your characters named.
Heck, even skip to your sequel (I did this for NaNoWriMo last year).
There are no set rules for how you need to create.
So jump around. Go to the spots that will most let your creative mind run free.
Don't keep banging your head against the same wall.
Find a new one ;)
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