Roadblock #2

I've hit yet another roadblock while writing this current story.

The big problem (I believe) is that I like to write the scenes that I like to write... and everything else just falls to the wayside. I recently just decided to skip the bits I didn't want to write (just put in a page break with a giant “TRANSITION HERE” notice for myself). And this does work better. But I still need to know what happens in those transition bits to be able to accurately write any of the scenes after it. Sometimes this can stall writing for a while until I figure out what happens in the transition (even if I don't write it all out).

(I have a major setback with my brain .. I often need to know seemingly insignificant details about a situation before I can understand what is going on and move on to whatever the important point is. To the point that I will obsess about that detail until I receive adequate information to understand it... This happens in many aspects of my life, not just writing. Drives my husband crazy. I'm working on it)

Add into that the vagueness of my characters and how I'm sometimes unsure how they would react to what's going on, and I've been staring at this same little scene for what seems like forever.

How would main character approach the scene? Quiet and watchful or demanding what has happened or guns blazing? How does secondary character react to the stress of the situation? Paranoid that his people have been compromised? Angry? Does he seek revenge? Does he just want to sort out the misunderstanding?

Such burning questions that really have a large impact on the direction and tone of the story. I suppose I'm back to talking to myself like a crazy lady to work through it.