I am afraid of the end. The true end. Where you got it "right" (finally) and you've done all you can to
The end is where you know you can't go back anymore.
Where the people you've created on your keyboard are alive, breathing, and people in their own right.
And now you must kill them.
By typing The End.
And you mourn the loss. You imagine writing a trilogy (because isn't that what everyone is doing these days?). You try and figure out how you can re-write the entire thing again.
But it's truly the end.
It's time to move onto the life and deaths of other people.
So you cry to your friends who will understand crying over an imaginary world, full of imaginary people. And said friends will remind you about your other projects.
You'll sniff and feel like it's okay. You'll remember how much you like these new people you're writing about. And how terribly messy their story is.
And it will ease the sting while you type it.
The End.
Ha, I feel the same way. I'm almost done with my current WIP and wrapping up final edits on another ms, so I feel like I'm leaving behind 2 sets of character I freaking love. (Though the WIP will need editing, but still.) So I'm just racing along to the end(s), loving and dreading every moment, LOL.
ReplyDeleteAnd I meant to comment on your soundtrack post, but life got in the way. It's funny to me how often I get good music from other writer's blogs. Enjoyed several of the songs (which made me race off to itunes...again.) Gracias :).
Awesome! Lol. Yeah...thankfully I've still got black mountain to go back too. Otherwise, I'd be needing therapy, haha.
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