It’s Not The End

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It’s that time of the month again, first Wednesday, which means, it’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group:

Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds.

 

My new book, ONE SMALL CHANCE, is coming out in a few weeks. I’ve finished edits (rounds and rounds and rounds of edits), and I’m sending the ebook to early reviewers very, very soon. I’m walking that fine line between being sick of it and wanting to have it published already.

Today I’m talking about “The End”. I read a lot of books that have these two words as a conclusion to the story. I understand the purpose of it, and I can see why some authors use it. Obviously, you get to that part of the book and there’s no more story.

When I wrote my first story, I didn’t finish with those two words. Then my editor typed them in and said something like “You’ve earned the right to type this”, but I still held back. I realized that while I was indeed done writing the story, the story itself was not done. My characters had more to live and the last line I wrote was not the end for them. And this is why you will not read THE END at the end of my books.

 

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AUGUST 3RD QUESTION: What was your very first piece of writing as an aspiring writer? Where is it now? Collecting dust or has it been published?

The first story that I ever wrote was the first version of The Secret Life of Daydreams. Technically, it’s been published but it’s not the same story that I first wrote. After working on it for two years, I rewrote the whole thing from scratch (same characters, basic plot, and setting). I only kept the epilogue. So it’s a yes and no to this question.

Insecure Writer #82

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