Falling Action and Resolution

My writing always stops about where I am now.  I tend to lose sight of my characters and their struggles as the store begins the falling action and leads to the resolution.  It is as if the characters themselves disappear from my mind and expect me to come up with the rest of the story on my own.  Yes, my fictional characters have minds of their own and seem to be at constant war inside my brain.  It is as if they get to the climax of their story and they don't want to tell me anything (though today, Erin and Cameron are having a war to have both their side told).

The problem comes from the other things in life that need to be done.  Wedding invitations, lesson plans, cleaning.  There always seems to be something else that gets in the way.  Today, with fear, those other things are not allowed to enter the equation until the evening.  Most of the morning has been spent working on what happens after the climax of the story and with a little luck and a quiet apartment, the words are coming quickly.  Erin and Cameron are on a pause right now as thoughts are rearranged and hunger is satisfied, but there is a feeling that a lot will be written today (knock on wood).

For those of you that don't remember from a previous blog, Erin and Cameron are two characters from the newest creation to spring from the depth of my mind.  They are part of "Bullies" and are in the process of working through grief and anger right now...mostly toward Cameron (who he himself hates).  The story is heading toward a mini resolution where Erin realizes the hatred Cameron has for himself and has to decide if she can forgive him for his part, or lack there of, in the story.  It is like watching my own personal movie.

The falling action and resolution is a difficult part to write, because it is as if you are saying goodbye to these characters who just shared there beautiful, romantic or tragic story with you.  If you have to say goodbye to them, there words are going to be silenced...and unfortunately for Erin, Cameron, Troy, JD, Maryanne and Mason it will be a true goodbye, because they only have one story to tell...so when the story ends - they will have nothing else to tell.

Another problem with writing the falling action and resolution is that these two parts are when you truly decide whether you love or hate a character.  There are quite a few characters in "Bullies" that people will not like, but I'm afraid there wont be any characters that people decide they are going to love.  I absolutely love Erin and Cameron.  They are the embodiment of the story and I'm trying to write them in a way that those who read it will love them too.  They struggle and they stand up for themselves and what they believe in and they are the two heart wrenching characters in the story.

So, it is hard to write the falling action and resolution, because I want people to love them, but I also what people to get the meanings behind "Bullies" and understand why things happened the way they did.  Please keep your fingers crossed that Erin, Cameron, Maryanne and Mason do not disappear today - we are reaching a critical point in the story.