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I agree with mcrow24--outline, outline, outline. For me writing is always a process of watching the original idea(s) transform into something new--usually something I hadn't even anticipated. I most write nonfiction, but I always sketch an outline before I start and then revise that outline over and over again. The outline gives me a roadmap so that I know what my destination is (although that may change) and can visualize some of the possible roads that will take me there.
I also sometimes brainstorm an idea and that helps me find potential holes in a project.
You could also try thinking about those "holes" in a new way. Perhaps the holes are opportunities for creativity, for different directions the story could take.
Donald Barthelme talked about his writing process as beginning in "not knowing" and of using the writing to help him discover things--he claimed that not knowing where a story was going was essential for his fiction writing.
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