I had difficulty writing the last chapter of Rookie Privateer and at the time I chalked it up to the resolution being difficult. I won’t do a spoiler and talk about what the resolution was just that getting it all to come together was difficult for me. When I finally finished I had that feeling of completeness. I knew it was good and I was happy with it.
A couple of nights ago I finished the second work in the Privateer Tales series, a novella, and sent it on to my editor who happens to also be my sister. The next morning when I woke up I had a pit in my stomach. The second half of the last chapter wasn’t good and I wasn’t happy with it. I didn’t have time, because I needed to get to work, to send a note to Diane that the chapter wasn’t done and I would need to rewrite a good portion of it. I was pleased when she sent me a note letting me know she felt like the it was a bit rushed. It was a diplomatic way of saying you aren’t done.
I have spent three more writing sessions with it and while I am closer, I am still not done. I am starting to believe that this will be a common thread in my work. I believe it is the nature of the beast. The entire time I am writing other chapters I have my eye on the prize; getting to the conclusion. I like to throw out teasers and false-trails but know I need to get to the end. So it feels appropriate that I spend considerably more time on the last chapter than the first.
Now, if I could just come up with a title for the book, that would be something!
