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Divide your writing into three stages, Planning, Drafting, Revising.
In planning stage plan out the stuff the story contains. If you are getting stuck, this will likely mean plot.
In the drafting stage, write everything out, don't bother to much with editing just write.
In the revising stage edit stuff so it's good.
A note on the different stages: Take as much time as you need/have available to you on each stage. For planning, some people spend years meticously planning out an entire microcosm of events and setting elements and every possible side character they can think of.
Other take five minutes hashing out a few lines on a napkin then leap into drafting.
If you are always getting stuck at writing, I would recommend not taking to long, but still take a few weeks and properly plan out the story. Mainly I would recommend writing out the plot before hand. You can look up classical plot structures online, or just write out something on your own.
Stuff you can plan out beforehand:
Flavour (Tone, Mood, Themes,Look and Feel)
Setting (History, Locations, Factions, Cultures)
Characters
Plot (plot beats, specific scenes)
Any research you want to do.
Even if all you plan out is the plot, that can help you know not just what to write, but also pin point stuff you hadn't realized. 'oh, I don't actually know enough about this setting element. Oh this characters interacting like this makes no sense'.
In summary
Plan out the story before you start writing. If you are getting stuck, mainly plan out the plot.
While eventually you should take as much or as little time as you want planning things out, when starting out take a few weeks and don't get bogged down in it. You still want to get to the drafting stage.
Once you gotten to the drafting stage, that's when you write.
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