Work Shop
I’m excited and yet nervous for the work shop on Tuesday. I’m excited for the feedback, but in the back of my head I know that the ending of my story wasn’t that great. I think that I may have rushed it too much. My class is right, it is really hard to write good endings. The rest of the story was going fine, but I had no idea how to end it. I think it needs more.
In my story the main character Scott has met up again with his high-school sweet-heart, Hailey, about a decade after high-school. During high-school, a football injury caused Scott to lose his college scholarship, as well as Hailey who went on to become a successful lawyer. Scott on the other hand stayed in Benton, the small town they grew up in. Scott is now married with three children, working at the local saw mill, and living in a trailer court.
Scott accepts Hailey’s offer to go out for drinks. During the next couple days Scott becomes once again obsessed with Hailey, and dissatisfied with his life. Once at the bar, Scott is turned off by Hailey’s new personality when she presents herself as promiscuous and bitchy.
In the end, Scott realizes what he has with his wife Tina isn’t bad after all, but it is too late for Tina leaves him.
The story is only twelve pages double spaced(the requirement for the class) so this may be why it is not very developed. I don’t really want to write a novel, or do I think that I am ready to write one(even if I was ready I certainly don’t have the time). I just want to finish the story and be satisfied with the ending.
Any suggestions?
