A Walk in the Woods: Writing is not a stroll in the park.

Stick at something and you will be rewarded.

I followed my protagonist into the woods this morning. She was looking for someone she has an ambivalent relationship with. I was getting to the point of writing a scene involving a confrontation and the development of an unlikely friendship thereafter.

Just as the two were to meet, someone else stepped out from behind a tree.

This is the moment writers work for - a lot of speculative, explorative text, hoping the plot will emerge - then  an unexpected and totally surprising entrance by someone unknown to the other characters and the author himself (in my case.) On this entrance the story turns.

So you go on. A moment like this will happen again - as long as you keep writing. It is the reward for keeping the faith...and sticking at it.