Finishing can definitely be tough. I think it's the feeling that it's all going to be over and you have to start over again from scratch. I write a book series and the benefit to that is that I'm never starting over with a new book because I always have existing characters and ongoing storylines. I suppose finishing though, is to be treated like the rest of it. It's a block in your head. Once removed, you will finish again and again, like it's nothing. It really isn't the big deal we often assume it will be. I think as fiction writers, we have big imaginations and sometimes, that is used for good but the opposite can be true, too. You picture all kinds of bad things happening if you do finish but of course, we can use the bad things happening if we don't finish scenario. We'll be gone one day with no finished work. And that may be the trick. Don't picture writing a perfect ending. Have one goal in mind- finish. Bad or good, if you finish, you did it. And you've broken the block. Thank you so much for sharing, Graham.
This is good to hear, Parker. I'm about to finish the first book in a series and although this first one has taken a long while, I know the characters and setting now and have set up the books that follow, so hopefully writing the others will be a lot easier. Thank you so much for sharing your experience - very motivating.
Finishing can definitely be tough. I think it's the feeling that it's all going to be over and you have to start over again from scratch. I write a book series and the benefit to that is that I'm never starting over with a new book because I always have existing characters and ongoing storylines. I suppose finishing though, is to be treated like the rest of it. It's a block in your head. Once removed, you will finish again and again, like it's nothing. It really isn't the big deal we often assume it will be. I think as fiction writers, we have big imaginations and sometimes, that is used for good but the opposite can be true, too. You picture all kinds of bad things happening if you do finish but of course, we can use the bad things happening if we don't finish scenario. We'll be gone one day with no finished work. And that may be the trick. Don't picture writing a perfect ending. Have one goal in mind- finish. Bad or good, if you finish, you did it. And you've broken the block. Thank you so much for sharing, Graham.
This is good to hear, Parker. I'm about to finish the first book in a series and although this first one has taken a long while, I know the characters and setting now and have set up the books that follow, so hopefully writing the others will be a lot easier. Thank you so much for sharing your experience - very motivating.