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Sep. 18th, 2010
I don't even need to fall over!
Sep. 18th, 2010 03:34 amPssssh. That was only 2,908 words of writing. I feel like I should write something else before I go to bed; I was expecting to do so much more.
What I wrote was the climax, not the ending: this isn't a complete draft yet. It probably won't be for a couple of days; I have this Thing about finishing novels, where the last thing I write has to be the final scene (in this case, the epilogue), and what precedes it can't have any holes in. There are definitely some holes in what I have at present, at least some of which I'll have to fill before I can let myself write the epilogue -- though some will probably get classed as revision-level problems, to be dealt with later. But right now, I have 133,951 words of book, and it is Very Nearly Done.
No, brain, you don't have to write something else before you can go to bed tonight. Enjoy your victory, and get some sleep.
What I wrote was the climax, not the ending: this isn't a complete draft yet. It probably won't be for a couple of days; I have this Thing about finishing novels, where the last thing I write has to be the final scene (in this case, the epilogue), and what precedes it can't have any holes in. There are definitely some holes in what I have at present, at least some of which I'll have to fill before I can let myself write the epilogue -- though some will probably get classed as revision-level problems, to be dealt with later. But right now, I have 133,951 words of book, and it is Very Nearly Done.
No, brain, you don't have to write something else before you can go to bed tonight. Enjoy your victory, and get some sleep.