Writing The Ending

Since 2010, I’ve believed the best thing NaNoWriMo has taught me is to push forward even when the narrative is shaky and unfinished.

This year, I realized the best thing it’s taught me is to write the ending.

10 years ago I signed up for my first NaNoWriMo, not believing for a second I’d win it. But I’d had a year of prolific imagination, and I figured what the hell; at least it’d be an incentive to prioritize the story I was writing. As the days passed, though, I learned something: I can ...