Quick Background: College Student, started on TRP ~8 months ago, very quiet/loner type in my past but trying to change that.

Lately I feel like I've hit a plateau in my ability to talk to women. I've been able to get some of the basics down (reduced anxiety and more confidence, reasonably smooth intro & small talk, some light teasing, etc.), but am still struggling with taking the conversation to another level. It just seems like I'll either run out of stuff to say or the conversation gets repetitive to the point where you can tell that there's no energy or genuine interest left. Even the times that I tried to escalate physically, the girl wasn't very receptive. I'm pretty sure these roadblocks come from being such a quiet my whole life, and not being used to freely expressing myself and saying whatever's on my mind. But I don't know how to get past them.

If any of you have experienced this, or have hit some other plateau where you felt stuck for awhile, would love some advice on how to get out of the rut and keep making progress.