I've written somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 words today. I don't have the exact number. But I made it through the climax, and it feels great. All that's left is the falling action.
The falling action is always my favorite part to write. Not just because it means I'm about done--although there is that--but because of the way it makes me feel about the story. In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien use a certain phrase to describe the after-dinner part of Bilbo's birthday party. He called it "filling up the corners." This is when the hobbits have just filled their bellies and are now casually snacking. They're all warm and drowsy and letting their meals digest while still tickling their taste buds with the things they're snacking on.
That's what falling action is like for me. It's the "filling up the corners" stage of the book.
Once the draft is done, I'm shelving it for a month. I'll spend March world-building and outlining the books of the Wheel of Fire series. I won't even think about Free Space until April. My hope is to get the whole Wheel series outlined by then. It won't be easy, but I intend to try anyway. Once April arrives, I'll switch gears again and start revising Mars.
Anyway, that's the plan. Let's see if I can pull it off. *fingers crossed*
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