Wrote myself into a paradox and now demotivated - how to resolve?
I'll preface this by saying that I'm a casual writer at best and tend to write in fits and starts when motivation hits. My default is a complete lack of resolve, determination or anything else that would make "just power through" advice that sticks, which is why I now find myself stuck.
I've been off-and-on writing a series of little vignettes in a universe my friends and I created. The current series is a (for me) fairly tight narrative where timing is very important. It's fey-based fantasy but revolving around a college, so events fall into a typical college schedule.
I have managed, in my unplanned rambling, to write several scenes that deeply clash timing-wise, but I can't think of a way to reorder them that won't cause more problems. Let's say for example sake that it boils down to the following;
1. Character meets other character at the start of winter break
2. Characters agree to do stuff that require classes to be started.
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A pre-Christmas party is had and plans are made for Christmas itself
4. The characters do their during-classes events
5. Christmas happens
Obviously this is a conflict; they can't have a week or three worth of interactions during class in the time before just-before-Christmas and Christmas itself. I can't feasibly see a way to switch the events, but that's not really the issue I'm getting at here. (I am not looking for advice on how to fix the paradox - that would be a completely different question.)
Because I've written myself into this paradox, I find myself unable to move forward in the narrative with it looming over me. However, I also can't see a way to resolve it without negatively altering the flow. I am, in short, completely blocked from writing at the moment.
TL;DR: How can I motivate myself to keep writing rather than linger over this paradox? I am reasonably certain that with enough distance and objectivity I could find a way around it, but it's weighing on me too heavily and I can't find motivation to keep writing. 248