Done! (Sort of)

I did it! Aspiring Author finished up the ending of his book! Well, sort of. The good guys prevail (sort of), the bad guys are beaten (sort of) and I can move on to revisions (sort of). I still have the 'wrap up' chapter to complete and a short epilogue, but the story is done.

The final chapter came in at a whopping thirteen plus pages and almost 6,000 words. Remember, if a novel is roughly 100,000 words, that is 6% of the entire book in a single chapter. Most of my chapters run about 2500-3000 at the most.

I will need to go back and edit the ending though. I was so 'in the moment' last night that I wrote almost 4500 words non-stop and never looked back. That is an awesome feeling when you get in that groove, but it also means I have some significant editing to do because the brain thinks faster than even the most nimble typing fingers. I am certain there will be typos, bad grammer, repetitive descriptors and the like, but that's okay.

It's actually quite fun to go back and read those sections because when I am writing them, I am so focused on what happens next, that I have almost instantly forgotten what I wrote. I usually find some of my most favorite lines and descriptions during edits of these type of chapters because I don't let thinking get in the way of my brains creativity. Of course, when the brain is being creative, it can't type for shit, so I still have to take care of the aforementioned typos. :)

So, the book is almost done. The last chapter will tie up some loose ends and the epilogue will fill the reader in on a long forgotten character...stay tuned!