Tips for Getting Unstuck
Dec. 9th, 2025 02:36 pmTips for Getting Unstuck
No matter how much planning you do, there is always an opportunity for a writer to get stuck. Maybe your characters don’t agree with your plan, or you realize the plot twist is too obvious, or for whatever reason today this scene just doesn’t want to be written. Regardless of what’s actually going on, the bottom line is that you’re stuck in your writing and you need to not be stuck.
Let’s talk about some ways to apply a little grease and get your draft moving again.
( Tips for Getting Unstuck )
How do you go about getting unstuck while you’re drafting? Have you tried any of these strategies? And if you’re stuck right now and want to throw spaghetti at a wall, some of us will be around in the comments.
Check-In, Day 09
Dec. 9th, 2025 12:16 pmWhere are you in working on your WIP at the moment?
Working on pre-writing: research, planning, outlining, etc.!
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Writing!
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Editing!
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Working on something other than my intended WIP!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Santa’s Favorite Elf
Dec. 9th, 2025 06:36 pmFandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike (Spuffy)
Rating: R
Warnings: sexual innuendos
Word count: 300 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set post-S11 (comics) in an alternate reality where Buffy and Spike are an established couple.
Summary: As they’re posing for a Christmas picture, Buffy and Spike get into a little bit of role-playing.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #499 - Boss
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( READ: Santa’s Favorite Elf/Triple drabble )
Torchwood: Fanfic: Undercover boss
Dec. 9th, 2025 08:09 pmFandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,239 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 499 - Boss
Summary: Jack is furious at being told what to do.
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Daily Happiness
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:46 pm2. Gemma was so cutely writhing around with this carrot.

2025 Disneyland Trip #76 (12/8/25)
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:26 pm( Despite the parade crowds, we still had a good time )
Terraria: Fanart: Slime Army
Dec. 8th, 2025 09:10 pmFandom: Terraria
Characters: King Slime
Rating: G
Summary: King Slime is one of the first bosses in Terraria.
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Bandcamp Wrapped 2025
Dec. 9th, 2025 12:16 amSpotify Wrapped, Tidal Rewind, Apple Rewind etc are all out but since I still mostly listen to mp3s on my laptop, actual CDs or literally just the radio – I must await my last.fm 2025 playback sometime in the first days of 2026. I’m pretty sure I haven’t listened to as much music compared to 2024, but there have been some really great albums released this year which I have super enjoyed.
In the meantime, here is my Bandcamp Wrapped for all the albums where either the musicians just don’t have CDs available or I didn’t want a CD but enjoyed the music enough to think “I would buy these musicians a slice of cake”.
( Read the rest of this entry » )Mirrored from half girl, half robot.
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Her New Boss
Dec. 8th, 2025 06:55 pmRating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: 4,060
Summary: She needed someone to own her again, she was hunting for him.
Word Count:
I could have used this for fallout and fakes post
Dec. 8th, 2025 04:49 pmCheck-In, Day 08
Dec. 8th, 2025 11:14 amWhere are you in working on your WIP at the moment?
Working on pre-writing: research, planning, outlining, etc.!
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Writing!
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Editing!
2 (33.3%)
Working on something other than my intended WIP!
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Not working on anything/taking a break!
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Something else!
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Holiday Romance Recommendations?
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:24 amhalf-way on all my projects
Dec. 8th, 2025 07:17 amI have to re-arrange the art glass in the living room to accommodate the Christmas decorations, although in fairness it was an overdue task anyway. Since I am still building my collection and deciding what styles and items I like, it's always a work in progress. On the plus side, it also means I will have more items to flip in the booth.
Also half-way done: repotting several of the indoor plants. This now also part of our living room decor, and changes here also impact changes in the art glass. It's all one big cycle that takes time, even though ultimately I do enjoy it.
What DID get completed is I cleaned up the jalousie window porch so R can use it as a mudroom for the winter, and R did as I asked and cleaned up his semi-permanent piles that had gathered just inside of all the doors. Between the dog gear, his smoking gear, his winter clothes gear, and firepit gear, I am honestly surprised he doesn't have more piles. (Don't tell him I said that, I can't encourage his disorganization.)
ALLEGEDLY the roofer is coming today to work on the gutters, but it is just as cold as it was last week, and there is now even more snow and ice so we are skeptical today is the day. I would be more upset with them about all these delays, but then I read that this is the snowiest early winter we have had since 1978. So of course back before Thanksgiving they thought they could get it done, even waiting on materials. No one expected this much snow because we haven't had any this early in over 40 years.
I do hope they can get it done this week, though. The dripping icicles are all around the front door and path to the cars, and it is scary af to walk around. I use so much salt right now, but it is an endless cycle.

