Getting Stuck and Getting Out Again

My writers group met for a write-in last night.  We are all working on fiction for nanowrimo.    It is an intense month of writing with the goal of getting 50,000 words completed in 30 days.  So, we are all making progress, but we have all experienced problems with writing ourselves into a problem.  That is our characters get into trouble.  We cannot always dictate what our characters will do, after all.  We get them started and some time in the next few pages they get minds of their own.  We, as authors, often talk about getting stuck and getting out again.

The power of story is example of how we all get stuck sometimes due to decisions we make or the actions of others.  Human nature is survival.  It is awesome, really, the way people get stuck and get out of trouble again.  So drawing on our observations and our personal experience, we share our wisdom with our characters and help them get out of trouble.  They might get caught in a terrible snowstorm when they should have had the sense to stay at home.  They might be tempted to get something for nothing, and that never works out well.  They might struggle over love or friendship.  We console them and help them to make the best of it. 

Have you ever been stuck and had to think of a way to get out again?