Saturday 15 October 2011

The Last Scene

So I have made it to the last scene.  But it's not as simple as that.  Of course not.  


I now have two more scenes to add earlier on.  And there will be more revision later.  BUT I think I finally have a story that hangs together well enough to justify the effort.


Sometimes getting the words out is like wringing a wet towel.  My muse is resisting this job, as she does when I've been at it for a while.  She gets bored and longs for something new and shiny to play with.  But I have to be the Editor from Hell and force her to go on.  I don't particularly enjoy it, but that's the way it goes.


So happy feelings that the end is nearing, and spurred on by the prospect of thinking about something else.

2 comments:

Patsy said...

Moving onto something new is often tempting - but hang in there.

Scott M Patterson said...

It's true about wanting to do something new after a long time working on a project. The biggest fear I have have when I reach the conclusion is that I'll let that seep in, and the ending takes a bizzare, out of context turn that doesn't add up with what preceded it.

But keep that precocious child of a muse of yours focussed, by any means neccesary. Solitary confinement perhaps?