Hmmm. Well, at first it's the "here is what happens, and then this happens, and then this happens - and hey, wouldn't it be cool if THAT happened..." and the characters sort of end up expressing themselves around the action.
But then, at some point, the action has carried me as close to the resolution as possible, and I have to actually stop and think about what needs to happen emotionally before I can say the story's done.
That's usually when I stop working on that story...for the next year or so.
Then, after a while, I come back to it, and I'm usually more clear in my head about what they want and how to get it for them - which is always what I'm about, in one way or another; getting them what they want, or what they need, or at the very least getting them healthier and smarter than when they started.
Then I waffle a bit about what actually has to *happen* for them to do those things, and then finally I write the end. =)
Needless to say, the first hundred pages or so are a breeze. It's those last twenty that'll kill ya....
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Date: 2005-06-13 06:51 am (UTC)But then, at some point, the action has carried me as close to the resolution as possible, and I have to actually stop and think about what needs to happen emotionally before I can say the story's done.
That's usually when I stop working on that story...for the next year or so.
Then, after a while, I come back to it, and I'm usually more clear in my head about what they want and how to get it for them - which is always what I'm about, in one way or another; getting them what they want, or what they need, or at the very least getting them healthier and smarter than when they started.
Then I waffle a bit about what actually has to *happen* for them to do those things, and then finally I write the end. =)
Needless to say, the first hundred pages or so are a breeze. It's those last twenty that'll kill ya....