Sometimes I know exactly what I mean but I cannot get the words to hold it.

The thought is right there and every sentence I write walks around it without stepping on it.

Prompt I use when this happens:

"I'm going to explain something badly three different ways. Don't fix any of them. After all three, tell me which fragments from each version are closest to what I'm actually trying to say and combine only those."

Three bad attempts have more truth in them than one polished lie 😊