The Secret I Used to Get From the ‘Mushy Middle’ to ‘The End’
Unleashing the power of writing your ending first
So you want to be an author?
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Me, too.
Have you felt the pain of getting that first draft onto the page? The words… so many words.
But … I just typed THE END on my current work in progress. What a feeling!
I want to celebrate: dance, cry, sing, drink. All the things.
But I’ll refrain. Many of you are likely in the same position I was two months ago. I feel your pain, your frustration, and your almost irresistible desire to throw your laptop out the window of a moving car … and in front of a train.
I had the inciting incident early, the love interest (including the spicy (first time, just saying)) drafted, even the climax in my head. But I had the hardest time getting the story from there to the ending. I knew…