A small bit of my current story includes happening upon a village that hasn't advanced at all over the last couple hundred years. So far it has: residential cabins, a church, general store, midwife's house, church, cemetery, tavern, meeting hall, and school. What else do you think it could use...
What are the biggest challenges to you when writing/what hangs you up?
For me, it's over-analyzing and paying too much attention to insignificant details. Oftentimes I need to remind myself to step back and just enjoy the story and actually write it without worrying about how tall people were...