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CynDe:
I understand the panic when the end looms on the horizon...it is scary to see such a big project end, especially if it is your first really big piece of writing.

Are you seeing the climax of the story, or the end of the book? They are not necessarily the same thing. When I got stuck on the steps to the climax, I wrote it first, then worked backwards to the point where I was stuck.

blgarver:
Yeah, it's the climax.  But I got the resolution pretty much nailed down, so that helped me sort through what should happen in the climax.  Of course, now that I've gotten some stepping stones to jump to, I haven't written in a couple of weeks.  Stupid irony. 

I got stuck right when I went on my vacation from work, so I had all that free time and hardly wrote anything.  It's a damn shame.

Maiafay:

--- Quote from: blgarver on March 07, 2007, 02:36:14 PM ---Yeah, it's the climax.  But I got the resolution pretty much nailed down, so that helped me sort through what should happen in the climax.  Of course, now that I've gotten some stepping stones to jump to, I haven't written in a couple of weeks.  Stupid irony. 

I got stuck right when I went on my vacation from work, so I had all that free time and hardly wrote anything.  It's a damn shame.

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Glad you got yourself back on track. I usually already have the ending in mind and sometimes even written out beforehand. It's the "middle" I have issues with...and usually drive myself nuts on how to bring it together. I read Jim Butcher's Big Swampy Middle on his LJ...and it's helped some. Good Luck.

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