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@ManOfManyTales

I know what you mean. I have some of the same issues. What I usually do is look at the story like a chess board or road map. I see what specific moments I want to write in my head, and picture those as kind of snapshots of what the board looks like at various stages. Then I go to the beginning, line up the first snapshot in my view and note where all the pieces currently are and manuver the pieces toward the position I want them to be at in the next primary scene. So as I write, I'm not really thinking about how to write it just as I don't really think about how to drive a car while driving. I just see where the characters need to go on the board and let them take the next step. After that it is just devoting time to fine tuning and tweeking.

Of course most of my ideas are +2 year projects with two or three months just imaging how specific parts could play out ;)