Draft Number 6,732 (a very slight exaggeration, I assure you) of the Dark Elf synopsis is going pretty well. But now I'm at the ending part where I've slashed everything I already wrote 6,731 different ways before in favor of ... uh. That's the problem. I hate endings. Which puts me in mind of my puppy, the little cutie, who insists time after time in bouncing over to greet the mean orange cat. Her name is Miss Violet. All 5 times the puppy has bounced over to say hello to Missy Vee, he gets swiped across the nose. And yet, he persist in this apparent delusion that THIS time for SURE, she will decide she likes him. The synopsis is Missy Vee, the mean orange cat. I am the bouncing puppy convinced that at LAST I will have an ending for the stupid synopsis. Why, oh, why, can I not just write: I guarantee this book will end right about here, and that all will come right on the last page. Hankies for everyone.
posted by Carolyn @ 3/07/2006 10:00:00 PM Permalink
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