lioness17

I finished my novel last night! It took me most of yesterday after school to do it (somehow, the words never flow just right at the end and it takes a while to put them together effectively) and I missed House. But I think it was worth it. Only, now I feel strange, especially at school. Where I've had my nice little notebook and characters waiting for me in every class, they're not any more. They've had their say and seem to be happy with it. I actually think my ending's pretty good too. Summed everything up, which doesn't always happen. I feel like I should be writing my story right now in fact. And I don't have anything to think about and plan out. It's done.

Now, ideally, I should wait a while and catch up on some reading before editing my Dangerous Friends story. I popped in on my English teacher today from last semester to see if she'd read it yet...and got a no. She's been really busy (as I expected) with different projects and admitted that she'd taken too much on this year. She's got two deadlines on Monday and her courses at the university start the Monday after that. She claims that she's only got her "regular old boring life" in between there and plans to restart my story and read it all the way through to the end. I'm afraid. After finishing A Change of Pace (a title which no longer fits the story), Dangerous Friends feels like there's gaping holes. A Change of Pace, especially the ending, feels more solid. The ending of Dangerous Friends definitely needs a lot of work. I know that already. With most of my stories, I find that I'm in a rush to finish so the last fifty or so pages really misses out on detail and drawing everything together. ACOP though, I really tried to force myself to slow down and I think it paid off. I haven't reread it yet so I'm not sure, but from the writing perspective, I think it's alright. And I was also a little too heavy on the romance in DF, which I also cleared up for the most part in the other story.

Now, I only have math homework to do. And coffee house. And basketball practice. We got gold at Huntsville on the weekend too, which was great!