I was recently writing a science fiction short story. By recently, I mean that I have been writing it for an year and it is still not finished. The reason it is not finished is that I have three probable ends and I am not able to decide one.
The story has been created out of a dream. It was a surreal dream and I wanted to use it. But as I progressed, this one developed into something totally different and I am unable to decide where to take it in the end. Does the heroine get her hero? Was he really the hero? Did he really exist and on what level did he exist?
So many paths to take,
so many turns await…
I take a step to where my heart moves me…
but my heart moves at a fast pace…
How do you decide what life to live today?
Author’s note: I feel in my bones that whichever end I choose I will never be satisfied. I think I am in too deep. I am living this story in my mind!
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That’s why I always have the ending of the stories in mind first, then work back to the beginning.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This story came out of a dream. It had a scene beginning but no end.
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my heart decides after conversing with my head 🙂
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My head has finally responded last night when I realised it has been one year. I cannot keep a story unfinished forever. I will keep the other endings for other stories.
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that is a BRILLIANT solution, Shaily !!!!
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Thank you, John! It is difficult to keep the voices in my head at bay, but they are silently sulking for now 😀
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