I missed my Friday post because I was in Auckland for work and didn't think about it when I got back. First time in a long time I've missed a day. Oops! But never mind.
Goals this week... Well, the main one is to try and finish the new book. I'm taking a couple of days off work to write and hopefully that will be what it takes to actually finish the draft. I know there's a lot of stuff I need to go back and fix and revise and tidy up, but if I can get to the end, it'll be an achievement.
This book has been an interesting one for me in terms of figuring out if I actually have a process for writing books because I've done a bunch of things differently and they haven't worked for me at all. I started off trying to write the book linearly - from start to finish - and it didn't work. It took me far too long to hit the plot points I needed to hit, even when I tried writing the story in two different ways. Didn't help that I also started writing from Devon's POV which turned out was the wrong one.
Then, I didn't write an ending early on in the piece, which I usually do. I actually didn't have any real idea for the ending other than the fact Devon and Arlo are still friends at the end, even after everything they have to go through. And not having an ending to aim for, meant all these little things I dropped into the story along the way didn't necessarily have a purpose, but still needed to be wrapped up.
Which is why I think I'm struggling with the ending. It's not what I expected it to be and is a much bigger, more climactic ending than I ever intended it to be, and involves characters I didn't expect to be more than distant memories for Arlo. Yet, I feel like what happens is 100% true to his character and there isn't really any other way it could go.
We shall see how it ends up. And then, how my critique group respond to it.
What are your goals this week?
Good luck with your goals. It's cool that you're figuring out your writing style.
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