Savannah Gilbo

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Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice · #258. 5 Myths Keeping You From Finishing Your First Draft · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

So maybe you haven't built a strong foundation for your story to stand on yet.

Maybe your protagonist lacks a clear goal or maybe you have exciting scenes in mind, but you're not really sure how they link together or what they're all adding up to.

Or maybe you've written some pages and you're just kind of polishing them because you don't know where the story is headed next or what you should really do to get back in the swing of things.

right?

And all of these are problems that you can investigate and solve.

They are not character flaws.

So what I want you to do is look at the specific places where you feel stuck, where you feel uncertain, or where you feel unsure, and just figure out like where are you in the story?

What's going on?

Why do you feel uncertain or unsure?

And I want you to look at this because where you're stuck can give you insight into exactly what's wrong and how to fix it.

I just did an episode on this topic.

It's episode number 257, and it's called Stuck in Chapter One or the Messy Middle.

Here's what your stuck point reveals.

I will link to that in the show notes.

But the gist of it is, is that if every draft you write tends to lose momentum in the same place, let's say around 20,000 words, then I want you to zoom out and say, OK, what do I really feel unsure or unclear about here?

If you're someone who repeatedly returns to chapter one to polish things over and over, check in with yourself and just say, am I doing this because I'm really unsure or uncertain about where the rest of the story is headed, right?

So just kind of check in and say, where am I feeling uncertain or unsure?

And then what information can I glean from that stuck point?

Because this is really going to give you a nice clue about where the story or where your process needs more support.

All right, so the key point here is that getting stuck does not mean that you necessarily need to work harder, abandon your idea, or scrap the whole thing and start over.

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