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My novel about a lighthouse keeper stalled out after 30,000 words

I got stuck trying to map out the family history of the main character and just lost all momentum. Has anyone else hit a wall with world-building and found a way to push through it?
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holly898
holly89828d ago
My first draft always hits a wall around 25k words too. I find it helps to skip the tricky backstory and just write a dramatic scene from later in the story. What's one exciting thing you know will happen at the lighthouse?
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reed.hannah
Skip the family tree. Write the storm scene instead.
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