Writing Workshop— Achieving the Climax
Berty and friends continue to adventure in the world in-between the portals. I can feel myself reaching the climax of the sixth book in the World In-between series. Exhilaration rushes through my veins while dread weighs my hand. It’s a weird feeling knowing that your time with your friends is coming to an end. Perhaps that is why so many authors write series. In my head, I know what should happen. I have planned the moment. With every word, every sentence, every paragraph, it advances. My heart races as my pen scribbles on the page. Rawness flows through a rough draft that will never be felt again. In the rawness, the best of plans change. After a good number of books with the same characters, I wonder how much new can be left. What else can these characters face or experience? As an author, the terror of having nothing else to write creeps into your mind at times. Those fears have to be combatted or the ink wil...