The changes being made to Ule the Unfurled are still predominantly in the front half section of the story, and as I make them, a certain awareness regarding the ending of the story keeps growing.
Endings are funny creatures. Recently, my husband and I saw the movie Skyline in the theatres, and we weren’t certain what to make of the ending. Without giving away details, the final moments of the story fall into a category of endings known as “the new beginning”.
It is very clear this movie begs for continuation with either a sequel or some sort of video game or perhaps both. Within the ending is the message that men have to become the monsters they fight to protect/save the ones they love. Of course, once you become a monster, there’s no going back; hence, the new beginning. But this isn’t supposed to be a movie review. This is about endings, or rather different types of endings.
And today, while reviewing notes to update this blog, it occurred to my Muse that Ule needs closure at the end of this story. She is on a journey, but the story is about a specific leg of that journey which occurs within a world she created, in which she needs to find a way to reconcile her needs with the needs of those around her. She needs to figure out how to be her self regardless of how others treat her. The ending of this story falls into the category of “resolution”. Of course, as one problem gets resolved, new problems come a knocking. For the sake of this story, those other problems can sell their wares somewhere else. I ain’t answering the door.
While I continue to make changes from notes, additional changes are being made—removal of erroneous words and idiomatic expressions, deletion of irrelevant facts, and so on.
The original sections are now being pulled together to create longer chapters.
The original 95,000 words of the first draft have grown to 97,000 words.
And the madness called revision continues… When will it ever end?!
