The Home Stretch

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I've been putting a concerted effort into finishing my Pros Big Bang story. (Yes, the one that was officially due a week ago. Fortunately, I've pulled the last posting date, at the end of October, so I've got a wee bit of time to go.)

I've been working on the climactic scene all week, and it has been like pulling teeth to write it. Like each word was a drop of blood dripped painfully onto the keyboard. Like I've completely forgotten how to write.

But last night I finally finished the last bit of that scene, and today I started into the denouement, and look at the result:



This is now officially the second longest story I've ever written. Which is funny, because when I started it I was worried I couldn't get more than 12,000 words out of the concept.

Two scenes and a bit to go, and I'm hoping it's starting to flow a bit better now. Maybe I'll even finish by the end of the weekend. Maybe. (Since we're doing an adoptive parent workshop tonight, and Ros is attending a playgroup for adopted kids tomorrow morning, and then there's the usual shopping, laundry, cleaning, meals, etc. to deal with, this is probably a false hope. But it could happen!)

In the meantime, the Big Bang is now live! sc_fossil posted the first story today, and it looks to be a cracking one.

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I don't know about the Big Person thing, but I'm done! Well, mostly. There's one "insert sex scene here" in the story, and I'm still not happy with the last couple of paragraphs. And I need to hear back from my beta. But other than that, done!