Yes, the blog title is self-explanatory. The last chapter of the novel is now complete! After two hours of procrastinating, I have managed to finish this chapter. Ah, the joys of tiredness and temptation. But I am now happy and a little sad that the tale has now come to an end.
I am happy, because seven months of hard work has paid off and yet sad because…well the ending was a little sad. I did not cry, mind you. To be honest, it is possible to cry at your own work? I’m not sure, but for me, I never get emotional when I read something poignant I’ve written, which is why I find it very, very difficult to judge whether what I’ve written is any good or not. Oh well, I will sent it to some friends when I get the chance.
I know the entire thing is not perfect, which is why I plan to re-read and re-draft the entire thing when I come back to it with fresh eyes. Yes, I plan to take a week off from all of this, then come back to judge it. Its difficult to judge your own piece right after you’ve finished writing, because a) you are tired and can’t judge good writing properly and/or b) you been behind the scenes, you know what happens and how the story unfolds and thus, it’s difficult to read your own piece from the POV of an unknowing writer. Reminds me of something Margaret Attwood wrote in the Guardian:
“You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote the thing. You've been backstage. You've seen how the rabbits were smuggled into the hat”.
I’ve included the link at the bottom. Annoyingly, my links never works, which means you need to copy and paste the stupid thing into the address box at the top of the page. Even though it’s an old article (Birmingham David sent me the link back in June), it’s an interesting read. Basically, 14 writers give their top 10 rules for writing fiction. Some are worth reading, others not so…so read critically!
LINK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one
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