ugh

[kassidy62]

I had this decent little story going on. About a vampire vs two boys in love, complete with a threesome right behind the sideshow trailers at the fair, all fun and I liked it a lot. And the end FELL APART COMPLETELY. I don't know how to fix it. I've never had something happen exactly like this before, getting all trite and rote and tired right at the end. How does this happen? Haven't been able to slog my way out yet, and I was so sure I'd be finished today and here I am instead. So discouraged.

EDIT: I think it's fixed. In short, I panicked, just wanted the thing DONE and in the process stopped listening to how the characters would deal with things, went trite, overboard and lost all feeling. Yeah, panicked, all right. I've since stepped back/settled down and mostly (hopefully) managed to get it in shape. I appreciate those of you who talked with me about it:)

Comments

[clarelondon.livejournal.com]

Step away, take a break and come back to it later *hugs*. Or maybe take a few steps back in the story, take a different fork in the path to the end?

Better to finish it later thasn you wished than a pile of crud you hate LOL. Here speaks the gal who's struggling through a final scene herself at this very moment...:)

[greenlady2.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. This is just my own POV, and not advice or anything, because I hate giving advice, but... I always think that if a story doesn't go the way I planned, and turns into a mess, it's because the characters have their own agendas and so won't cooperate. In such cases, I step back and let the characters tell me what they want to do. As I say, this isn't advice, just me giving my $0.02. :-)))