Momentum

(This post originally appeared in full on my LinkedIn)

I started writing the final scene in my novel today.

I can’t believe the momentum I’m building. This happened last time, too. I get to what I know is the end of the story and I just want to keep going, even though I have work and parenting and all my other responsibilities. I just want to write and write until the whole thing is there, on the page and out of my head.

I know I’ll have to go back and add layers and nuance to the story once this part is over; we’re still far from finished.

Still, I remember when I reached this point in MTTY. I remember how hard it was to restrain myself. If I’m being honest, I often wrote in snatches all day long to get it done, putting off laundry and other tasks to sprint over that finish line.

We’re currently in a deep freeze. Lots of activity is on hold. Maybe it makes sense to do that again?