If this is your first draft, and if you already have written your step outline, I'll make a suggestion.
Many years ago when I was first writing, on a particular story I found myself getting so much into various details that I'd bogged down, even though I had written an outline. I had become friends with a well known, successful writer and I told him my problem. He said, "You're spending way too much time on all those details. Don't worry about all the details in your first draft. Writing is, after all,
rewriting. Blast on through to the end and then rewrite it. Flesh out the details, chop out the ones not important to your story and then rewrite it again. And again, if you can improve it. "
So, as a suggestion, just blast on through your story to the end,
then flesh out the details. If there is something you want at a particular time which you just can't quite figure out, leave a blank page and go on.
Blast on through to the end!
You'll find in the rewriting some small tidbits to improve your story, enhance your character development, and hone the conflict and final resolution to the fine edge where your readers will be turning the pages right to the final page. Also, you'll find some things that are not really necessary to the flow of the story. Chop 'em! Be brutal! Believe me I know they're like diamonds to you but they'll slow down your story for both an editor, and your readers.
As I said, just some suggestions.
Best of luck with your story. As the old saying goes, "
Writing ain't easy: the good writers just make it look like it is."
S.M.
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