It is Finished!

[English Lady]

I'll give your story a read Porno


Funny you should mention about the story ideas,I hava good half dozen jostling in my mind at the moment and I am working on one....but I wonder if i should work on one of the others instead..i just don't know. I am trying to dedicate more time to writing than usual so I can get these stories out before I become senile and forget what they are!

 

[raphy]

I don't think I ever feel 'relief' after a story is finished. I feel pride, and satisfaction. I'm one of those people that edit as they write, so my post-writing edits are usually pretty short and sweet and painless.

What I pretty much always do after I've finished writing is go back and read it. Not to edit it, but to read and enjoy it. It may be shameless self-absorption, but I really do write the exact things that I like to read, and so I love to go back and read my stuff, and read it in the same way as I'd read a novel by any of my favourite authors.

I don't ever feel like it's not finished. When I'm done with a story, I can say I'm pretty much happy with every word, every phrase and every paragraph. If there's weak points in the plot, I would have gone back and rewritten them as I wrote it.

No, I love finishing a story, but only because that means I get to read it.

 

[DirtyJJ]

The last few hours of typing and editing to filter out spelling and gramamr error are the worst. When I finally feel that I'm finished with a story of my own making, and ship it away accordingly (on Lit that means hitting that damn submit button), I tend to feel totally exhausted and in the need ro something that completely shuts down the creative muscle. Ususally, I watch half-assed sitcoms for an hour or two.

This is how I am feeling right now, for a story that is 99% "ready". In fact, this has inspired me to finally finish the last grammar and spelling corrections and get the thing submitted already!! Today!

*looking for MathGirl so I can ask her the all-important question*

JJ