One Chapter to Go!

Yes you read it. I now have only one chapter to go! I spend most of this week trying to get Chapter 26 sorted.

I’ve got to admit, it was difficult getting into it, as starting a chapter is by far the most daunting thing about chapter writing. I even tried to resort to writing on paper. Yes, I know this is a little hypocritical, seeing as I complained about it in another blog. But there was too much temptation on the laptop to procrastinate (Facebook, Blogger, newspapers, Youtube…you get the idea) and moreover, the glare of the screen can give you a bit of a headache. So I tried the pen and paper way, only to churn out one sentence, before lazily watching some random cooking programme that my dad always watches on a weekend.
Fortunately I did write a few paragraphs before tuning into the X Factor’s Sunday Results. Yes, I know I slated the show in a previous blog, but watching the suppressed annoyance on Cowell and Miss Tweedy’s faces when Wagner gets through is becoming a weekend ritual. I’ve got to say, his outlandish performances are getting a little tired now. But because he’s a gracious man, smiling in the face of horrid judges, apart from the lovely Danni and a booing crowd (it’s a dumb TV show people. He did NOT rape or murder anyone!) I do hope he gets through and makes it to the final, just to show that the programme and the press have no power over the people.
Anyways, I digress. I wrote the rest of the chapter over the last few days. It was a very sensitive chapter, delving deeper into the issues at hand. It allowed me to explore the psychology behind love…which I know to be a very complex thing. Since the protagonist is a child, it was interesting to observe this sort of thing through the eyes of a 12 to 13 year old. Again, I won’t reveal too much ;)

Over the next few days, I plan to figure out how the last chapter will close the entire thing. I’m pretty excited. But at the same time, I guess it will be like finishing some exams. You spend months revising like someone on a strict diet. But then when it all finishes, it feels strange to wake up the following morning and realise you don’t have to revise, stress and panic anymore.