Write Away

It's true that I never have to show anyone it anyway, but there is a certain nagging feeling that it's what I should be doing. Especially if you talk to people who read but don't write themselves. They don't tend to see the point of writing something, finishing it and being pleased with it, then putting it away in a drawer.

The tying up threads one is the one I'm struggling with most often recently. The more I grow to like my characters, the more I want to do them justice and I let it overwhelm me.

I've tried making bullet points of all the beats I want to hit, but that only helps a little. I think I need to find a different way of laying it out, like a chart or something.

Only then I'd probably get stuck on filling in the chart.

One thing I have learned is to not use a timeline of events for the last few chapters. That really doesn't work for me as it's too rigid. I prefer to concentrate on the emotions I want to cover.