Magic (New 6-16-2025)

[NudeBaG]

I feel like I screwed up
Up until recently, I’ve always just written off the cuff, no real direction.
But now that I have a goal in mind, I feel like I’m overthinking.
I can’t just ramble and post like I did in the beginning.
I know how I want to end things, but I refuse to rush.
Where did I screw up?
I figured out the ending.

[Britguy]

I feel like I screwed up
Up until recently, I’ve always just written off the cuff, no real direction.
But now that I have a goal in mind, I feel like I’m overthinking.
I can’t just ramble and post like I did in the beginning.
I know how I want to end things, but I refuse to rush.
Where did I screw up?
I figured out the ending.

Sounds to me like you haven't screwed up. Just a bit blocked. I have exactly the same problem with the epic I'm trying to write for Nifty (not a good fit here) currently 108,000 words and nowhere near finished!

The only partial solution I've found is to write fragments that come to mind and figure out how to join them up later. I've made some progress doing that after weeks of frustration. So maybe write the ending and then ask "How did they get here?"

Any sage advice from other writers would be warmly welcomed!

[NudeBaG]

I feel like I screwed up
Up until recently, I’ve always just written off the cuff, no real direction.
But now that I have a goal in mind, I feel like I’m overthinking.
I can’t just ramble and post like I did in the beginning.
I know how I want to end things, but I refuse to rush.
Where did I screw up?
I figured out the ending.

Sounds to me like you haven't screwed up. Just a bit blocked. I have exactly the same problem with the epic I'm trying to write for Nifty (not a good fit here) currently 108,000 words and nowhere near finished!

The only partial solution I've found is to write fragments that come to mind and figure out how to join them up later. I've made some progress doing that after weeks of frustration. So maybe write the ending and then ask "How did they get here?"

Any sage advice from other writers would be warmly welcomed!

I’m not exactly ‘stuck’.
Just dealing with pacing issues.
I have all the words and acts planned out.
It’s just the act of writing itself and finding the time to do it.
Like, now that I have the ending, I don’t want the rest to just feel like filler until we get there.
It’s still way WAY in the future, but I do know it.
It works.
It’s like looking at the picture on a puzzle box.
You already know what you’re working towards.
You just need to make sure the pieces fit.

[NudeBaG]

New chapter out tonight…
(I hope)