On Endings
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Some of you are no doubt nearing (or have already reached) the end of your projects. How did it go? I find that I’m a writer who loves writing endings. If I’ve gotten everything in place, ends barrel at me, unstoppable, inevitable. I liken it to setting up a field of dominoes, then watching them fall.
Beginnings, on the other hand, are trials. I suffer mightily over the best way to start a story. I suppose this is because I’m designing my domino field. Other writers I know love beginnings but hate endings. Or love beginnings and endings, but hate the middle.
What’s your favorite part? Have you reached it?
