Getting a Second Wind

Writing sometimes feels like a race to the finish line.  Especially when working on a deadline.  I’ve learned over the years to ask for plenty of time, but even so, I begin to wonder about halfway through if I’m going to finish at all.  The characters by this time are real and they don’t always like what I have planned for them. They talk back.  They dig in their heels.  It doesn’t help to grumble and say, “Who’s in charge here?!”  Actually, this is the best – and worst – part of writing. 

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