Yeah, that's me. That's how I feel right about now.
I've had the final chapter of Vampire Eternal open on my computer for four days now. I think I've added about one hundred words or so. Maybe two hundred. I've moved some paragraphs up, moved some down. I've transposed and transposed, and used countless antonyms in search of the just the right way to say green. I've written the middle part, roughed the first part - changed it three times - and written the final sentence.
But have I blended it all together and baked a country-fair-award-winning cinnamon apple pie? Nope.
Maybe I'm scared. I must be scared. Its taken me so long to finish this story that, perhaps, I don't really believe it will ever be finished. Like the Energizer Bunny - its just keeps on going and going... And then what happens when (that's my power of positive thinking at work!) it is finished? What if the end sucks? Like those movies that don't tell you its part one of three and just ends. Abruptly. And you're like "What the... Is that it?"
Ever fall off a curb when you weren't watching where you were walking? Yeah, its like that.
But the best way to conquer fear is to just plow right on through. Its just bad breath, after all. Nothing a little mouthwash won't fix. Or maybe a bottle of Semillon. Which reminds me, I should pop that bottle in the fridge...
Poor darlin', it's going to be fine. I have a GREAT idea. Let's play musical ms. I will write the end of this, and you write the love scene between A and M and we'll call it even!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I know you'll get through this. Let me know if you need someone to bounce ideas off of. Maybe you should write out a little last chapter outline, like the setting of how it opens, then what happens next etc. Just a list of bullet points and go through and write off of those general ideas. Like:
J & A are in A's house. She's a vampire.
J & A do a whole lot of banging
A tells J she is the bomb diggity and they do some more banging
A asks J to be his wo-man and says, "Hot damn, of course!"
J paints him one last time
They bang
They run off into the sunse- err...moonset.
Thad realizes he was just misunderstood at which point he leaps out of the book and asks Wy for her friend and writing partner, Christine's, phone number.
The End
LMAO!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what I should name Thad's love interest ? Hmm.... ;-)
Love the pic!! You can do it.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies. :-) Its a rainy day here today - perfect for staying in, putting on some inspiring music and writing.
ReplyDeleteErnest Hemingway said that writing consisted of re-writing. So merely finishing the final chapter does not mean you are done.
ReplyDeleteNow, you have to revise. But this thought should loosen you up because you're not done -- you've just completed the first lap. The polishing remains. Have a good mid-week, Roland
So true, Roland! Hope you're having a great week, too.
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