Writing and re-writing

My current WIP (work in progress) is a novel for older YA, but I've just hit a hole in the road.

A few months ago, in the grip of fevered inspiration, I dashed off a heart-grabbing scene in which the hero and heroine almost kiss. I knew roughly where in the story it belonged, but now that I've written up to that point and reread what I wrote back then, I can clearly see that the scene no longer fits the heroine's emotional progression.

Aaargh!

Either I need to rewrite the scene (losing much of its punch) to fit her happier state of mind, or I need reorder the whole plot line.

The writing process is supposed to follow an orderly progression: conception (the idea); plotting (the outline); writing, and editing. But for me, the process is rarely that neat or linear. When the muse strikes, I need to get those words down, and worry about how the whole thing fits together later.

Let the cutting and pasting begin...!