Ahhh, I love it when a plan comes together! My novella is progressing beautifully (finally!) The story formed like lightning in my mind and within a couple of days I was half way finished. And then I got stuck! Argh! :crazy:
I took a week off and played around with the message board wondering if I was ever going to get back to this story. And then it happened. The pieces fell together in my mind at 2 am (or was it 3?).
And now… It’s moments like this that drive me to write. The satisfaction of watching the ends tie together in a neat little bow and the HEA actually happens. I’m not as bad as Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone and cry all over my endings, but I do get a… rush? thrill? How to describe it?
I just can’t. Fellow writers will understand exactly what I mean. Readers–you’ll know when you finish the story and feel the same satisfaction.
I’m having one of those, “Damn, that’s good!” moments. Hopefully, when you read it you’ll think so, too. :satisfied:
Cece… LOL.
Editing–a writer’s best friend and (often) salvation!
Congrats on all of your contest finals this month! (I’m envious, you lucky girl!)
on July 22nd, 2004 at 2:04 pm
I think it’s kinda like sex. If it’s good you (okay call me Joan Wilder yes I bawl at my endings) cry. If it’s real bad…well sometimes you cry then too :crazy: but at least with writing you can edit. :laugh:
on July 22nd, 2004 at 1:43 pm
**"Writing is so difficult that I often feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment thereafter." - Jessamyn West**
Ha! No, it’s not quite that bad, but it can be a very self-punishing process with moments of intense doubt and fear. I’m glad to share the experience, good and bad. Makes me feel a lot less alone, too.
on July 21st, 2004 at 11:48 am
I agree, I love reading your blog. It makes me feel alot less alone in my own struggles with writing.
on July 21st, 2004 at 11:25 am
Thank you, sween!
I’m so glad you like the site and my excerpts. (and my picture! :blush: )
on July 21st, 2004 at 9:13 am
great blog … I love the insight into your writing process. Your picture is great and your site has some of the best content about your books i have seen.
on July 21st, 2004 at 7:59 am