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!)
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:
**"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.
I agree, I love reading your blog. It makes me feel alot less alone in my own struggles with writing.
Thank you, sween!
I’m so glad you like the site and my excerpts. (and my picture! :blush: )
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.