Totally get that. Had a similar thing happen with Princess Mononoke. Was telling a friend it's a cool action movie with forest spirits. He just said "it's about two sides refusing to understand each other, until they have to." Blew my mind. Now I see the whole conflict differently. The boar god, Lady Eboshi, Ashitaka in the middle. All about that stubbornness.

Disagree completely, that sounds like a great way to get stuck forever. If a scene is boring, like @jason752 said, forcing yourself to write it first just kills all your momentum. Sometimes you need to build up to the hard part by writing the easy, fun stuff that makes you want to keep going.

Wait, they got mad at half ice?

Switched to a ratcheting model a few years back and it completely changed my consistency. The old squeeze style depended too much on feel, especially when tired at the end of the day. It just makes a repeatable process you don't have to second guess.

My first miter saw cut looked like a beaver attack.