Chapter 14
Olivia snapped her laptop closed and inhaled deeply, held it for a moment, and slowly let it out. She couldn’t help but grin sappily as she reveled in typing those last two words, “The End.” She remembered, as an elementary school student, how her teachers had always told her not to write that, but it was such an accomplishment to be able to say, “I did it! I wrote an entire novel!” Why wouldn’t you write it? Of the hundred thousand or so words she’d written, those were probably the two most satisfying.
She knew that the hard work wasn’t over. This was just the first draft. She’d read through, make changes, read through again, listen to it aloud, and then make even more changes before she sent it to her editor—who would also make changes, causing Olivia to make more changes. B
