I am now only a little more than 48 hours away from being able to begin writing my novel. I have been taking notes LIKE MAD. It’s been great! A few times I thought, okay, that’s it, I can’t add any more to this story, and then, wham! I write, “Maybe…this happens…” and I’m off and running on another layer of the story, deeper insight into the characters, finding little nuts and bolts that are going to hold the whole thing together and make it overall STRONGER.
The most exciting part is that I actually have a beginning and an end, because traditionally my way of writing has always been to start off with a beginning, have no idea where the story is going, and fizzle out somewhere in the middle. It reminds me of that famous saying, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up someplace else.” So now I actually know where I am going. And quite looking forward to the trip!
