Update on Filling the Gap: Progress on chapter 5

This week was Labor Day, so my parents came into town and I didn't get anything done. But losing a weekend isn't so much of a big deal when compared to what follows. I've never had writer's block before, because I've always been able to plan things out quite well. I always have had an ending and a couple scenes in the middle, and then I just had to fill in the blanks. This is not the case with Filling the Gap where I had to through out everything. I've probably thought for about seven cumulative hours on this thing and I've made very little progress. Just now though I think I may have got a possible way to advance the chapter.

As some of you may have noticed, until now my goal was just to have the characters not faff about, and that was the goal of each chapter. Yet now that I'm a ways into the story, I have to make sure that I am pursuing two goals: I have to make everything work towards the ending (the moral) as well as introduce and tie up subplots in a manner that doesn't make my readers want to ragequit like a guy who knew nothing about Stephanie Meyer and started reading Twilight. Anyway, I think I just came up with an idea that may fulfill both of those goals. It's still just an idea, but at this point if it gets me out of writer's block, it'd be good to look into it. I'll spend tomorrow fleshing it out probably.

Also I have a really good idea how I'm going to end this story. I just have to make the details clear so I can plan effectively. I'll keep you guys posted.