pjthompson | The love-hate thing (Reply)

I've always wound up hating my novels by the time I'm writing the last of them, in a I-don't-want-to-do-this-anymore way. Not uncommon, I think. I'm literally within chapters of finishing Charged with Folly, but each writing session is a force myself situation, and I can barely eke out 500-750 words. I don't know why. Usually I get swept up in the "Oh! I'm almost finished!" excitement by this time, but it refuses to come. I know I've probably hated finishing other novels this much, but my perception of the moment (always an untrustworthy narrator) says this has been the worst.

Which is not at all the same as hating the novel as a piece of work. Even though this one has problems and will need some fixing, I'm overall happy with it. I think it will wind up being a decent piece of work once I whip it into shape. Flawed, but they're all flawed in their own way.

I've just got to get over this last little recalcitrant bit.

Okay, all done whining now. For now.