: Re: I wrote a scene that the majority of my readers loved. How do I get back to that place while writing my new book? I wrote a scene that I put my heart and soul into. It was received well

@Holmes449

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You might consider that piece of writing from the perspective of your readers. Forget about what you wrote, then read other people's feedback; try to personally connect with the impressions they describe in the context of a person reading a piece of written work.

Then read that part of your work keeping their 'reviews' in mind, but without your memory of your work, as if their description was what convinced you to read that piece of writing. Read it as if you're consuming the writing, not producing it.

You might then be able to identify the elements they describe which resonate with you similarly, or of similar strength but for different reasons when you read that piece of writing. Something like you would read a well-regarded piece of someone else's work to acquire elements of their style -- only in this case, it was writing that was (incidentally) authored by you.

It's possible you might then pick up familiar pieces of both the writing which worked and/or the mental/emotional state you were in when you wrote it. (Make sure you note down some references to those impressions, as they may be hard to remember later).

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