Bradford Morrow Said
This quote resonates deep in my being. Whenever I mention that I wrote, I hear from people that they’ve always thought about writing a novel. But they never take that next step. Never try. But if the writing monster has you, you are going to sit and write, even if you have no idea what you’re going to write. Writing sustains you like coffee, water, beer, air, food.
The Writing Moment
I wrote another ending to my novel in progress the other day. I think this one might stick. Man, what a glorious, exciting, invigorating, disturbing, worrying day that once after wrote it. I was so excited as I wrote that I began vibrating inside. I want to believe that it’s a good ending — hey, I do believe it is — but until others read it and judge it, I won’t know. Or rather, it’ll always be good to me, but may not be good to others. That’s how reading goes.
The novel isn’t done. I’d become semi-paralyzed by thinking over the ending. I kept rolling it through my head, coming up with possibilities, and then shooting them down for different, valid reasons. The one that finally landed was a surprise but feels right. I hope it holds together through the editing, revising, publishing process.
Meanwhile, to finish the novel, I need to go back and write the climax. Sounds funny but that’s how it worked in the case of this book. Several different arcs need pulled together; in writing the ending, I saw how the arcs should be handled. Now to wrangle the words and make it work.
Okay, back to writing like crazy.
Michael Seidel, writer 