Well, for me, the trouble is usually the first bit. Sometimes I start with smut because it is easy to write and not terribly imaginative but it gets my fingers to the keyboard. I love writing but for some reason, sometimes getting that initial focus is tough. I can't use smut as a lure though because they aren't there in Breath and I can't think about them that way in that fic. The passion has to come from her anger for now.