The final chapters of The Trouble With Demons -- Lisa plays connect the dots
Yep, it's "connect the dots" time, also known as getting to the end of the book. I'm on the last 8 chapters (I think) of The Trouble With Demons. (Squeeee!!!) And I have approx. 10 weeks until my deadline of May 1st. It looks do-able (thank God). I know how the book ends; I know the big action sequences, so getting through those last 8 chapters should be a piece of cake. They're not. Why?
It's like playing connect the dots. I can see the dots (aka major plot points); I know what the dots are and where they are. It's connecting the dots (aka the transition scenes between those major scenes) that give me fits. And just to add even more "fun" to the process, some of those "connector scenes" cause the major scenes to change. AND, when I start to get toward the end, I realize that I have to change things in the beginning and middle of the book to make the great new idea I had toward the end fit. (grumble, grumble, growl, borderline panic attack)
I'm posting this today because Chapter 24 is the last chapter before the "all hell breaks loose" ending section. It's like a roller coaster reaching the top of the last, big hill. I'll finish that chapter today and tomorrow. After that, it's a mad race through demon-infested tunnels, finding unexpected allies in the dark, and Raine takes on (and pisses off, of course) the Demon Queen. In the immortal words of Bette Davis: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride." ; )
Coming up tommorow: "Delivering the Goods." What do I mean by that? Come back tomorrow and find out. ; ) Later this week: "Unlikely muse -- Andy the Greyhound."
Have a good one!
Lisa
It's like playing connect the dots. I can see the dots (aka major plot points); I know what the dots are and where they are. It's connecting the dots (aka the transition scenes between those major scenes) that give me fits. And just to add even more "fun" to the process, some of those "connector scenes" cause the major scenes to change. AND, when I start to get toward the end, I realize that I have to change things in the beginning and middle of the book to make the great new idea I had toward the end fit. (grumble, grumble, growl, borderline panic attack)
I'm posting this today because Chapter 24 is the last chapter before the "all hell breaks loose" ending section. It's like a roller coaster reaching the top of the last, big hill. I'll finish that chapter today and tomorrow. After that, it's a mad race through demon-infested tunnels, finding unexpected allies in the dark, and Raine takes on (and pisses off, of course) the Demon Queen. In the immortal words of Bette Davis: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride." ; )
Coming up tommorow: "Delivering the Goods." What do I mean by that? Come back tomorrow and find out. ; ) Later this week: "Unlikely muse -- Andy the Greyhound."
Have a good one!
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
7:40 AM
2 Comments:
I liken it to untangling threads and braiding them into a neat plait and tying it up at the end. Some stories are a lot harder to do that with than others.
What a great comparison!
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