omg…OMG…OH MY GOD !
I’m tooling along finishing my
WIP, with only a few thousand words left to go, and in the back of my mind the
reason why two characters pretty much can’t stand each other eluded me. That there was an issue kept bumping into
my thoughts like a golf
ball rolling around in a bowl.
why…Why…WHY?
Then, a few days ago I’m writing
a sentence and
boom…Boom…BOOM !!!
There it was spilling out onto
the page like water down a slide into the deep end. It's a stunner.
Wow…Wow…WOW !!!
(Okay so enough of the three word fancy reactives.)
Anyway:
The result is that I have had to
go back and plant seeds (hints) that are restrained enough, so as not to be
obvious, until the reader discovers the surprise.
This throws a bag of shiny new Titleists
into the bowl because now I have to make sure I keep the readers engaged enough
to get to the heart breaking and mind blowing surprise. Wait a minute I was supposed to be doing that already wasn't I.
(And I thought I was almost done).
Oh well.
Ain’t writing...fun…Fun…FUN?
Sorry couldn’t resist just one more.
Yup, you just think you've hit "the end" when you realise it was only "the end for now". Good luck!
ReplyDelete"the end of the now." Love it.
ReplyDeleteNow, it the beginning of the then.
Belated Happy Birthday to my brilliant, hilarious, wonderful writer friend!!! <3
ReplyDeleteHey Lilac, you are too kind. Thanks. Funny how age creeps up on us. One minute you're sitting up front as part of the show. The next minute you're in the middle, with family and friends swirling around, and before you know it you're sitting in the back row, smile on your face watching everybody else going crazy trying to figure out what you already know...can't change the past, can't predict the future so all we have is now, and ice cream.
DeleteAs long as we have ice cream in the now, I'm in.;) Celebrating you, my dear friend! And your outstandingly, wise, witty and original words and voice!!! <3
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