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Keep going.Read what you already have over and over, there can be clues in what you have already written that will help you finish your story.That's what I do anyway.Hope this is of some use.
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Keep going. Just write whatever comes to you and try to write a few lines everyday at least. You could always trim off any unwanted material or even better, use them for another work!
Good luck!
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Read, dream, write. Find and develop some enjoyable characters and imagine some possible scenes. Then write them down.
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I find the best remedy for continuing on a piece of work is to let other people read it and enjoy it as much as you enjoy writing it and then get their view on what they think might happen at the end. Then you can take from that the things you like or tweak it into a different ending.
I hope this is of some help. If you want someone to read anything I would be more than happy to as I know how hard it can be without people to enjoy your work.
Thanks
Gary
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You say you are having a hard time finishing it but, you don't say why. Is it because you have nothing to say? (In the story). Have you no ending? Or are you suffering from 'writer's block'?
My first question may seem daft, However, it is a fact that people begin a writing project and literally have nothing to say. The second question is quite common. It is so easy to have the makings of a plot enter the mind. I've had it many, many times. The problem for me and I'm sure I'm not alone, is I have no idea where I want to take the rest of the story and even worse, take it to its end. (No ending).
Writer's block is easier than many people think. Do as has been suggested; write, write, write. Anything at all, until the juices flow again.
A lot of writers do the same thing as film makers; they write a story board. They know the beginning, middle and end. During the journey through the story board, you can go anywhere you want, branching off, so long as you return to the forward journey towards the end.
All I can suggest at this time is try to decide where you want to go with it and the writing will come naturally. You wouldn't drive your car from A to B knowing that you had to get there and without a clue how to, and without a map. So why do so many writers write that way?
I don't know if I'm in the minority but I can't write a story if I don't know the end first.
I wish you all the luck with your project.
Reiner.
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Basically, I find it if you know the answer to the question your character is seeking it'll get you to the end.
All novels have one question. It's a matter of answering the question. Also it helps if the question is phrased in a yes or no format.
Let's take John Grisham's 'The Firm', the question for this book would be: Does Mitch McDeere leave the law firm he is working at in one piece with everything he holds dear? The answer is yes.
He leaves the law firm alive. He leaves the law firm with his marriage intact. He leaves the law firm with his brother out of jail. He leaves the law firm without compromising his belief system about the law. He leaves the law firm as a free man from the mob and the government.
The question answers the yes factor. It's the stuff inside the question that leads you to the end of the story. It'll give you a partial blueprint for your story.
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