Where's The Plot

By this time I've been writing a LOT. I have tons of chapters, about 100,000 words, and no end in sight. Time to take a step back.

For reference sake I'll share the title I eventually settled on, which is 1ST AWAKENINGS (I'm capitalizing it because that's what's expected in query letters, I'll get to that later).

I don't know if I'd call it a mistake, but the approach I took to writing 1ST AWAKENINGS was that of 'just write'. I'm 100,000 words into it and I have no ending, a beginning that will undoubtedly need to be rewritten, but *in my opinion* contains some interesting inner plot lines. I would highly recommend getting to this point much sooner in the writing process than I did. Now is the time to do the following:

1) Settle on an ending.
2) Make sure the time-line makes sense. Weed out all the contradictions.
3) Get outside myself (maybe even bring in outside help) and really evaluate the motives, personalities, decisions, etc of all of the protagonists, antagonists and yes even the sub-characters. An unbelievable decision by a character can leave a reader feeling robbed.

Now it's time to write again. If you didn't already have an ending in mind, or haven't written it yet, now's the time to do so.