Get Down Something

Here's what I've found.

When I'm really struggling to figure out how to fix something in my writing, I write down something, anything, it doesn't matter what. 

I may be frustrated because I know what I wrote still isn't right.  But that doesn't matter.  Because the trick is that getting something down is better than getting nothing down at all.

And even if it's not right, it might suggest something that gets you closer to what is right.  If you leave it alone for now, you might come back to it later and see exactly what it should be.  All because you went with what suggested itself at the time, even though you knew it wasn't what you'd end up with. 

Sure it would be nice to find the right answer immediately.  But it doesn't always work like that.  Sometimes, you have to spend some time circling around it before you figure out what it should be.

Try it.

I hope it works for you too.