Oh. The sweet, sweet words. I hope to say them tonight, so this is going to be a very short post. Sorry! I just have 6 pages left to write of my second historical novel for Gallery Books, BRILLIANCE, but children to feed, bathe and put to bed as well (dh is away on business), so I want to maximize my writing time.
I always agonize over the last few pages particularly. Those are the ones that will stay with my readers and the ones (I think) they will remember best. So I like them to be terrific.
What do you do as you reach the end of your book? Race to the finish? (I do this.) Drag it out? Rework, rework, rework?
Congrats on finishing the book, Michelle. A huge milestone.
My endings always seem to creep up on me. One minutes I’m merrily writing along, aiming for that wrap up and suddenly it’s there. The perfect ending and usually with little warning.
So far this has worked for me because I think my endings wrap up the story rather well.
I just have 6 pages left to write of my second historical novel for Gallery Books, BRILLIANCE
I’m laughing that you know the exact amount of pages you want. I never know that ahead of time.
I put a lot of work into my pages, too. With my current book, I had a plot element that I wanted to put in the end. But when I got there, it seemed not necessary. I did go back and add a sentence about the plot element, but otherwise it seemed perfect to me as is. I hope I’m right and someone in the industry agrees.
Michelle, you go girl! Liz described it perfectly for me; that’s usually what happens with my endings too. I’m always grateful when my characters take care of business. And like Edie, I love when the ending seems perfect.
It’s lovely that you’re finishing a book, and I just began something new. Love our cycles here at Magical! There’s always something baking.
HUGE congrats, Michelle!!! I’m barely at the midpoint with mine and, so, I’m really envying your race to the finish and end-of-book celebrations right now! Enjoy that wonderful feeling. Hope you get to have some of those chocolate truffles in the picture.
Liz, I see that ending coming – usually a mile off – LOL. Your way seems nicer
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LOL, Edie, I agree, it is almost spooky how close I am to my estimation. I often wonder if my thinking of a number makes me write to that number, or if I’m just spot on for some weird reason.
Good luck with the new work, LaD. I’m happy to take a week off, at this point.
Marilyn, I know what you mean. When I was half-way through, every person I knew seemed to be finishing something, and I wanted to be, too. And trust me, those chocolates are exactly what I have in mind
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Yay, Michelle! Congrats!!!
Thanks, Cyn! I’m feeling good.