Trying Not To Lose Your Way When Writing...
Wait I'm the one writing this story! How did I wind up here? Did you ever lose track of where the book/story you were writing was headed? If the answer is no, then all I have to say is, "I hate you, now will you teach me your ways oh Master Jedi?" Okay, all kidding aside, this happened to me just recently, and the sad thing was I didn't even realize that I'd lost my plot until I was about third of the way through the first draft. Now, I don't know if it happened because I was writing part of a series and was trying to remember details from the previous books, or because I got too caught up in the characters (both old and new), but I still managed to lose my original plot which was quite embarrassing. I mean I could've sworn I left on the kitchen table next to my keys, but when I went back the plot wasn't there. Neither were my keys for that matter, but I'm going to worry about that later, first things first. Up until the point whe...
