Hard slog

 Some chapters absolutely beg to be written -

while others can be hard slog.

I have made two starts on a new book and ground to a halt on each of them because writing the next chapter was unappealing. Now I have begun a third story, and same thing is happening; loss of interest, or should I say other things in life are more appealing? Whatever the reason, the end result is the same. Even with a chapter outline 1-35, I still lose interest. Maybe  its a natural process, maybe it's because sales are dropping (and everyone wants encouragement to carry on) maybe my urge to write is waning. Whatever the cause, it is happening.

For a long time I've always wondered how Gabaldon managed to write her chapters piecemeal and then stick them in some sort of chronological order. She writes in chunks and then looks for something else and gradually ends up with larger and larger chunks... it sounds like it is something that would stop me getting bored. So far I've never tried her method, but it sounds more and more appealing. I'll keep you posted.