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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormprince" data-source="post: 549987" data-attributes="member: 2046">I don't really seem to always hit the "block," but then again, I tend to write out of order. I won't write from beginning straight through to the end, instead I tend to work on whichever section I happen to be "inspired" to write at that particular moment. Both of my adventures for Monkey God Enterprises, Song of Storms and Edge of Dreams, were written completely out of order. I can also tell you that the Dragonlance Campaign Setting was not written in order, not the first draft anyways. I work from my outline, which should be the start for any project. As I was told once, and I agree whole-heartedly, is that the outline is only there to get your thoughts into some semblance of order. After that, feel free to play around with your outline, don't feel straight-jacketed by it.Granted, this tends to work better for adventures and sourcebooks than for novels and short stories, but that wasn't the question <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As was also mentioned, it's sometimes good to have multiple projects going, that way if you do hit a roadblock with one project, you can jump over to another. Just whatever you do, don't overbook yourself! Don't promise five different companies five different projects all due at the same time, if you cannot deliever! Your "reptuation" as a writer can suffer. Do good work, do it in a timely manner, and don't be afraid to think outside the box! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />- Christopher Coyle</blockquote>

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