He had a book to finish. Ten-thousand words. The other ninety thousand had been difficult. This last tenth seemed impossible. His plot had become derailed. He was unable to see his way through the smoke and coke dust of a mythical railway track that should stretch ahead. Yes, the characters were there, good and solid. Indeed, the story's engine was strong and had shunted yet forward and forward, with only one or two sharp halts. But six weeks ago he met the bumpers. R. was now stuck in a deserted station, his progress blocked. ("Out Back") .Garry Douglas Kilworth
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The book was meant to be a book about a city, but it became a book about architecture. And the architecture was about the city, but the city was now just an abstraction. It was only when he had to think about the story that he realised that he was now actually writing it about himself. When he said that the characters were there, well they were there because they were part of him. Yes, he was stuck in a deserted station because he had become so wrapped up in his own problems that he couldn't see his way forward.
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