I have the same problem. I think it's partly due to the creative, sub-conscious part of the brain working to a different set of instructions to the conscious one.
We're asking for creative ideas for our current WIP, but the sub-conscious just hears 'Send me creative ideas'.
I also think that writing a novel is a bit like a marathon, at least as far as hitting a wall goes.
That's the bit where I find myself tempted to do something else. I had that exact situation earlier in the year when I was getting a little stuck on the rewrites for Waking up Jack Thunder, and allowed myself to set it aside and work on some short stories.
Sad to say, it's been a hard slog getting back into the novel since then, though that doesn't mean you'd have the same problem :)
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Date: 2009-10-06 05:35 pm (UTC)We're asking for creative ideas for our current WIP, but the sub-conscious just hears 'Send me creative ideas'.
I also think that writing a novel is a bit like a marathon, at least as far as hitting a wall goes.
That's the bit where I find myself tempted to do something else. I had that exact situation earlier in the year when I was getting a little stuck on the rewrites for Waking up Jack Thunder, and allowed myself to set it aside and work on some short stories.
Sad to say, it's been a hard slog getting back into the novel since then, though that doesn't mean you'd have the same problem :)
Hope that helps.