I still have to write the epilogue, about 1000 words, but yesterday I finished Kansas Courtship thanks to a trip to Safeway. More frozen pizza for dinner . . . what can I say? I'm glad my husband likes it. It wasn't the pizza or the time to write that helped me find the ending. It was the two-hour break from the keyboard.
I was in a total muddle. Three things had to happen in the last chapter. Since this is a continuity, I had to juggle ties to the other books in addition to wrapping up my own romance and sending the town meanie packing. I roughed out two different endings, but they didn't feel right. When I got home, I tried a third and bingo!
The point is that our minds are working even when we're not composing sentences. Next time someone asks me how many hours a day I spent writing, I'm going to say 24/7. Psalm 16 says, "I bless the Lord who counsels me. Indeed by mind instructs me in the night." And Psalm 27 in the NASB says, "He gives to his beloved, even in his sleep."
My best ideas come when I'm not trying so hard. They also come after I've done a goodly amount of preparation. It's certainly a strange walk!
Sunday, February 08, 2009
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Of course, you're right, Vicki. Most of my plot problems are solved when I'm doing dishes or driving. 8)
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