Completion Completed Completely

Only it's not completely completed, really, it still needs editing - I just thought the title was cute, bahahahaha.

I finally finished writing Completion last night! Or this morning, depending on how you look at it - I shut down the computer at 3:30am.

My style of writing is "free writing", or some people calling "pantstering", I think - writing by the seat of their pants. Basically it means I don't outline, I don't write out plot lines, I don't make storyboards.

I get an idea. I ruminate on it for anywhere from a couple days to a month or so. Then I open a blank document, I set up the formatting, and I hope for the best and start typing. Sometimes after I get going, I may make a list of plot points I want to hit - but not always.

So for me, my stride in a story doesn't really hit till about a third of the way in - that's when "the flow" begins, when the story really starts to pick up speed. Around the 30,000 word mark. Then 80,000 - 100,000 words later, I go back through and do a lot of over-hauling on those first 30,000, making them match the rest of "the flow".

Unfortunately with a novella, 30,000 words is over halfway done - I was shooting for 50,000 words, so by the time I hit my stride, the book was practically over.

Ever watch the movie "Cutting Edge"?

"So twenty minutes after we're done skating, I'll be fine ...,"

Yeah, I feel ya, D.B. Sweeney.

And I gotta be honest, I know a lot of you love Jameson and want more of the dynamic-trio, but frankly, I'm ready to stab one - or ALL - of them in the eye. I'm ready for a break. I have been living life almost exclusively with them since February.

It's not them, it's me ... (it's totally them, don't tell Jameson).

I am excited to see if I can write something else, and see if it's good. Excited to try something new and different!

But mostly, I am REALLY excited that I slipped in that "Cutting Edge" reference!!