No internet. Only sleep.

[dhampyresa]

My internet access currently works on a "if the wind is right and the tide is high" basis. So I have been napping more than usual and also reading. On occasions I get to pet the neighbourhood cat.

Anyway. I thought I could use the time to figure out how the middle third of this story is supposed to go but as always I am stuck on the middle-y bits. Does anyone have any advice? Like in general.

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[sovay]

My internet access currently works on a "if the wind is right and the tide is high" basis.

Wind and tide willing, I'm glad to hear from you!

Have you written the parts after the middle-y bits or do you need to write your way to them? I ask because I am a mostly nonlinear writer, which may mean that my general advice is not useful.

[dhampyresa]

I am always glad to hear from you as well <3

I haven't written the ending but I know all the beats of the last third. I know how my dominoes fall, I just don't know how/in what order to set them up. If that makes sense.

I would love any advice you have.

[sovay]

I know how my dominoes fall, I just don't know how/in what order to set them up. If that makes sense.

That does make sense. Even if it feels like a mechanical exercise, can you work backward to figure out what the setup needs to look like? Then at least you have some fixed points to work between, and if necessary you can work your way between those to fine-tune the action. I realize this sounds like it will end up as Zeno's paradox, but hopefully at some point it will start to sound like fun to write the linking conversation or action scene or shocking betrayal.

[dhampyresa]

That's good advice, thank you.

[sovay]

That's good advice, thank you.

You're welcome! Good luck.