I finished. I wrote over 3,000 words, shifted scenes, and got to the end. And she made me cry. she is a great heroine. And he's great, too. And I have 60,839 words to play with and revise. As I was showering today, I got more ideas for the ending, but I resisted. I will play with them over the weekend and get stuff jotted down.
BUT I AM DONE!!!
Happy Dance!!!!
And I learned a very important thing: NEVER give your first draft up to anyone till it IS WRITTEN AND COMPLETED, HOWEVER SHITTY IT IS. NEVER!!
I didn't have the teary moment when I finished number 3... I lost control over the CORE of the story before I finished it.
NEVER AGAIN!!
Any other time, yeah, read on. Critique on. Tell me how to improve it... bring it on during the revisions...
And now I am having my glass of wine and celebrating!!
4 comments:
That's a lot of words! I hope they're good ones!
Let's just say I primed the canvas and now the real work begins.
You have an interesting blog, Gorilla Bananas...
Congratulations! Christine. You're inspiring me!
Thanks Mary!
I highly recommend the book in a week course for writers. It'll bring you back to the original reason you began this "beautiful obsession."
Good luck with your writing!
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