Afterward by Fitz
After all is said and done, I feel the need to add a few words of my own. No narration, no character voice. When I started writing Moving On, I knew the story I wanted to tell, and how I wanted to tell it. It was fantastic, and it was freeing, and I loved every minute of it. However, the story kept changing... evolving as I went. The idea of some meta story-within-a-story came, and I gobbled it up. What was going to be a short story to follow Moving On blossomed into a novel-length story in it's own right. It may not be the gargantuan epic that Moving On is, but I'm extremely proud of Moving Forward. It presented new challenges, as I had to ignore "Scott's voice" and develop "Noah's voice". I'm glad for experience I've gained writing this, and for each and every one of my readers.
I love Happily Ever After endings. They're fantastic, and leave you feeling so good about what you've just read. But I always notice that if you're reading a romance novel, they're now 'happily ever after' after having known each other what? A few months, maybe a couple years. And they're still young. There's so much life left to follow. I mean, it's not all going to be the high drama that we as writers document, but there's so much that can happen, even in the most mundane lives. So while I enjoy a Happily Ever After as much as the next through-and-through romantic, there's something far more important to me: a SATISFYING ending. I don't care how that ending makes me feel, as long as it's satisfying. And I sincerely hope that's what I've done here. Over the course of 3 short stories, and over 250,000 words, I've described the lives of two men, and the power of their romance. I've shown their love, but I've also shown their loss. And they've had more than their share of loss. But they've also had their share of love. The love for each other, the love for their friends, and their love for their children. I've shown the love their children show for them. Hopefully you, the reader, have laughed and cried along with me as I've laid their lives bare.
And hopefully, maybe, just possibly you'll look beyond the 'Happily Ever After'. What happens when the characters turn 30? 40? What if one gets sick? No one gets a romance-style ending in their lives. That doesn't mean they shouldn't strive for love. But why should I be satisfied with 'and they lived happily ever after', when that can be taken away with a single run traffic light? Does that negate the love the characters shared? Or does it make it more powerful? I'm not suggesting that we, as authors, should just start killing off characters because 'life happens'. But what part of 'life happens' would make for a good read?
Anyway, this is all just me rambling out loud. This marks the very end of Moving On, Moving Forward, etc. It's my time to Move Forward as well. I'm planning on heavily modifying the stories on this site to make them into ebooks, which I will make available for purchase. I have additional stories in my mind that I will be pursuing now that this has finished. I will continue to maintain this website, although as I prepare to launch Moving On as an ebook, I will be removing the stories from the site. I have no time frame for when that'll happen, and it will be at least a few months as I take the time to restructure Moving On to a new format.
I love Happily Ever After endings. They're fantastic, and leave you feeling so good about what you've just read. But I always notice that if you're reading a romance novel, they're now 'happily ever after' after having known each other what? A few months, maybe a couple years. And they're still young. There's so much life left to follow. I mean, it's not all going to be the high drama that we as writers document, but there's so much that can happen, even in the most mundane lives. So while I enjoy a Happily Ever After as much as the next through-and-through romantic, there's something far more important to me: a SATISFYING ending. I don't care how that ending makes me feel, as long as it's satisfying. And I sincerely hope that's what I've done here. Over the course of 3 short stories, and over 250,000 words, I've described the lives of two men, and the power of their romance. I've shown their love, but I've also shown their loss. And they've had more than their share of loss. But they've also had their share of love. The love for each other, the love for their friends, and their love for their children. I've shown the love their children show for them. Hopefully you, the reader, have laughed and cried along with me as I've laid their lives bare.
And hopefully, maybe, just possibly you'll look beyond the 'Happily Ever After'. What happens when the characters turn 30? 40? What if one gets sick? No one gets a romance-style ending in their lives. That doesn't mean they shouldn't strive for love. But why should I be satisfied with 'and they lived happily ever after', when that can be taken away with a single run traffic light? Does that negate the love the characters shared? Or does it make it more powerful? I'm not suggesting that we, as authors, should just start killing off characters because 'life happens'. But what part of 'life happens' would make for a good read?
Anyway, this is all just me rambling out loud. This marks the very end of Moving On, Moving Forward, etc. It's my time to Move Forward as well. I'm planning on heavily modifying the stories on this site to make them into ebooks, which I will make available for purchase. I have additional stories in my mind that I will be pursuing now that this has finished. I will continue to maintain this website, although as I prepare to launch Moving On as an ebook, I will be removing the stories from the site. I have no time frame for when that'll happen, and it will be at least a few months as I take the time to restructure Moving On to a new format.
– – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – – * * * – – –
Index
Email Fitz
This work is copyright © Fitz, 2013-2016, All Rights Reserved.