Thanks to Gayle for this advice on the question
Anybody have hints for finishing strong?
The best advice I ever got was from Ted Sturgeon. He told me there are Writers and there are Architects.
A Writer creates his characters from birth to when they enter the story, opens the portal to their universe, pushes them though, follows them around and types what he sees them do. He never thinks about the story. He only types what he sees.
An Architect maps everything out, knows exactly what will happen at the end and then begins to write, forcing the characters down a pre-determined path. Not only do the characters end up acting "out of character" but it is boring.
A real Writer will loose interest once he sees what will happen and never write it. Thus one must never think about the story if one is nottyping.
