Why is writing so awkward???

[elisi]

This tweet is really very very accurate:

I was just wondering how your novel was going. pic.twitter.com/qXZTHh6LjY

— I Captcha the Castle (@haszombiesinit) May 6, 2019

And I have managed to write myself into not one, but TWO corners.

One of them just means cutting out one of my favourite sub-plots, but hey, it was a sub-plot anyway.

The other is more difficult.

A character is saying 'No'. Very firmly and decisively. And I don't know how to get her to say 'Yes'. But until she does, the whole thing is stalled. :(

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[elisi]

OMG, I hate it when they dig in their heels! And non-writers are always 'well, just write what you want' and trying to explain that it doesn't WORK that way gets you looks. Looks like you have grown another head. And it is green. And glowing. O_O
LOL. Although in this case, the question is 'Would you allow a 16 year old to go meet a complete stranger?' And the answer to that is 'No'. So, I need to go back and... something.

It is enough to make my Musie go into AA. Hell. That may be where She is and it would explain why writing Does Not Happen for me anymore. Ugh.
She'll come back when you least expect.

Good luck, honey. I know you will find a way to appease the character - and maybe something better will come from it.
I will get there in the end, and am happily editing another part now, so hopefully complaining about it, and then leaving it, will do the trick. ;)