I know that scrivener has a feature where you can track edits. Like if I add something to my work it will show up in a different color or if I delete something it will strike it through instead fully deleting it. I just don’t know how to find that feature, any advice?
For a little bit of context I hardly ever remember my dreams. Last Sunday I had a dream where I was driving on a multi lane road and was trying to pass another car when there was a loud bang and the car I was trying to pass and my car both started to spin out. When both cars came to a stop the loud bang happened again and my second row window shattered. Thats when I realized that the loud sound I was hearing was gunshots.
The next day I saw on the news that in my home state there was a shooting that was nearly identical to my dream only the shooting happened during the day and the gun man in my dream hit multiple cars and killed people where as the shooter IRL did it during the day and (at least to my knowledge) didn’t kill anyone.
Idk if this was just a crazy coincidence or premonition or what, especially when I can’t really think of a connection between me and the shooting other than it being in my home state (even though it happened 60 miles away from my hometown/family)
I feel like the beginning of my writing is really strong, but the ending is super weak and everything kind of fizzles out. And I’m not sure how I can make it stronger and make sure the ending is satisfying.
I also have the problem of not being able to end my stories. I always think of what happens after the story ends. For example I had plans to write a short story for my English class and felt that the story wasn’t done so I continued it well past the word limit.
I’m not sure how to fix this. Any advice on making a strong and satisfying ending as well as forcing yourself to end a story?
I’ve gotten feedback from one beta reader that my character James is dick. Do you think my beta reader was right?