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Island Territory is done! <3 (Mostly - I'll still do another quick editing pass, since so much of Chapter 5 was basically the first "real" draft, but I'm not doing another full rewrite of this chapter.)

Now that I have three (four?) points of data (All Strange Wonders, which is next up for posting; Connections of the Heart; Island Territory; and I *think* Potentials as well) I have discovered I *really* struggle with endings.

It's not even so much struggling with what happens, or worrying over whether it's a good/satisfying conclusion, though perhaps that is the "real" problem. But even when I know what I want to have happen, even when I've written whatever the climax is, I just struggle with getting the actual ending written. Even when I am looking at an outline of what I'm planning to have everything wind down with, I have a lot of days where pushing over the 100-word mark for the day is a fight. Multiple times I have had to actively force myself not to just... bail on it and leave it as a problem for second-draft-me, lol.

Not really sure there's anything to do about that - it's just a thing I've noticed, ha.

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Dad was going to be in town for another few days to a week, and we were planning to get together again... but then the singer in the band he'd come up here to play with got Covid. :( So since she's out, the rest of their shows (I think they'd only done one!) are cancelled. So instead of staying for a while, he's driving back to AZ tomorrow. Turned it into an expensive trip, since he isn't getting paid for all the shows that didn't happen. :/

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Congratulations on finishing the story!

But even when I know what I want to have happen, even when I've written whatever the climax is, I just struggle with getting the actual ending written.

YES, finishing a story is hard.

I also have days when even writing 100 words feels like an uphill battle. I usually bribe myself like "if you work on this chapter you can have a popsicle" or something LOL but some days I can't write at all, or not more than a few sentences/paragraphs.

Thank you!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with finishing stories, ha

I have definitely bribed myself with dessert before, lol. Sometimes it helps! Usually I try to struggle through at least enough to get SOMETHING on the page, but sometimes it just doesn't happen.

Island Territory is done! <3

Congratulations! *^^*

So instead of staying for a while, he's driving back to AZ tomorrow.

:( I'm sorry to hear it's a shortened (and expensive!) visit.

Thank you!

Yeah, I'm sorry for him that it was a semi-wasted trip. Glad I got to see him, though!

W00t! Congrats on finishing the story! Endings are HARD!

That sucks for your dad, and you.

Thank you! For the cheers and the commiseration about endings, haha.

It is a bummer for my dad, especially.

Yay for finishing your fic! Boo for your dad having to head back early. And that sucks that the singer got Covid. Ugh. :(

Thank you!

Yeah, I'm sorry for him. :( He feels kind of sick, too, though he's tested negative. Not fun to not feel good when away from home, and to have to face a slightly unexpected 13ish hour drive.
Seems like an awful lot of people have Covid right now. Community transmission is super high right now.

Congrats!

Endings are the worst. They shape the story so much. Why can't we just write a dozen beginnings and call it good? It's so much easier.

Oh man, that sucks for your Dad.

Thank you!

Endings are the worst. Why can't we just write the beginning and the good parts that we really wanted to see and just... leave it at that!?

Yeah, definitely sucky for him - worse, he also tested positive this morning. Worst "working vacation" ever.

Oh no, your poor Dad. That's terrible.

And yeah, why can't I just post nine pages of rambly dialogue with occasional jokes? Who needs plot or endings or context?

Right? I feel awful for him.

BUT REALLY. Plot? Endings? Context? Connective scenes? WHO NEEDS 'EM?!