Put your story under the time gun

Sometimes, you just get stuck in your plot. You know where you've been and you know where you're going, but you don't know quite how to get there.

This happens to the best of us, and that does not automatically mean that your story isn't good. It's just a little stalled.

If you need something to kickstart it back into place, consider putting your protagonist under the gun. Give them a time limit that they need to meet, pushing them to act faster.

Their parents are coming back into town and they need to clean up the mess they made before that. They need to get back to work and therefore only have two weeks to settle the mess a relative's death has caused. Their spouse said they were giving them two months to prove that they had changed.

Whatever you can think up, a time crunch can help make sure that your story moves forward at a speed that might not otherwise be necessary. Give it a try to see if a time limit helps your story find its pace once again.