The End in the Mind

Since long, I was trying to write a book, a big one with multiple characters, mix of all emotions.

Putting in these 2000-3000 odd words became a regular one now.

Every time I start typing to write, at first I think to go for a big one. I try to stretch it long including all the minute details, making it more meaningful.

Whenever I start, I take it like preparing for a marathon.

Many things in mind, what to add at what instance, how to create a little suspense, give a dash of emotional feel.

I carry on with the write-up. Many a times, I myself won’t know, how it’s going to conclude.

While putting the words, and how it unveils going forward, there is this constant thinking going on in the mind.

How to twist and turn the story to give it a proper end. What will make it more interesting and appealing.

While walking this marathon of words, you suddenly stumble at a point, thinking, yes! that’s the beautiful way of coming to a conclusion.

It can be a popular phrase or an adage, a good quote or a somber sentence from one of the characters.

That’s it, it becomes the end and altogether all the thinking goes in how to connect the whole story to make it suitable for that ‘thought-out’ end.

When we relate this to our life, there is big similarity.

We don’t know how and when we’ll die. Till then all the plans will be in place, many surprises happen, goof-ups, mistakes happen, few good things also come to us.

There is this ‘Hope’ which make us to do and get into many things.

But unfortunately, because of some serious illnesses, doctor tells us that we are going to be there for certain period. Then it starts connecting things considering the end in the mind.

All the dreams, the big plans, activities planned for long and short duration, we try to accommodate it accordingly.

It suddenly starts giving a meaning to life. We think about family, friends, quality time. Money, fame unexpectedly don’t matter.

A little digression but yes, till the time, uncertainty is there, we keep flowing with it, whether it may be life or for that matter writing.

We need to keep hope, obviously, we know the destination of life is death and whatever we started has to end somewhere.

But keeping the end in the mind, surely compromises many things in the life and in writing too.