Life imitates art, and art imitates life. I feel this is especially true with writers, because voice and connection to the material matters so much.
Some stories you're simply not ready to write yet, because you haven't experienced enough of life yet. You struggle with that one scene because it's not rooted in something you know yet, that one character remains a stranger because you haven't met their real-life counterpart yet.
Living life, I'd argue, is a greatly underrated part of the writing process. And more than your characters, you have your own arc to go through, too.
Did this play out for you, ever?
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I summarize events, weekends, and vacation periods into little ad hoc dramas all the time. I guess that's kind of like a musician humming music throughout the day.