I've been struggling with the ending. I have a plan, but I don't have the details. Or I should say I didn't. Last night while not really sleeping that well, I was inspired. I can see the whole sequence on the movie screen that is my imagination, but I'm afraid I won't be able to adequately put it to the page so right now I'm scared of starting. I know, that sounds stupid. I've been thinking a lot about what I like to have happen when I read and I'm trying to utilize those things. I don't think I have any major twit or surprise to unleash, but perhaps something unexpected. Are those the same things? They don't seem like they should be but I'm not sure.
I really want to finish this weekend and I've got plenty of time to do it. I'm kinda broke at the moment so I won't be running to a bar stool to avoid the blank page as I have done in the past. I think I'm going to work on outlining my ideas for this new concept and see what I can map out.
There is an author I like, Robert J. Sawyer, who is great at writing, but horrible at ending. He writes the great detailed stories with fantastic characters, but then he kinda just says "and they all lived happily ever after, the end" and it' over. That has pissed me off with several of his books. I don't want to Sawyer this, so I'm really concerned. Anyways, I'm gonna finish catching up with Tivo and then get to writing. I'll do an actual blog post instead of just my ramblings a little later.
Thanks for reading this...I hope the book is much more interesting and entertaining.
Pauldo
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