Resumed work on my novel (I think) + wordcount; Shakespeare character meme

I worked on my book again yesterday. I've been away from it for a long time—as the ending approached, I began to doubt if my conclusion were big enough to be satisfying, or if the text were a lot of build up followed by nothing of consequence. I was unwilling to talk about the halt in my progress, and am likewise unwilling to bring it up again now that I may be resuming. I am unreliable, and follow through is not my strong spot; failure like that is harder, and more humiliating, if it's public. And the harder I fail, the less likely I am to ever try again. So keeping silent feels safer.

But still, it's there. I've been writing again today, and even though I'm still not sure if the end of the book is adequate, I would like to finish the manuscript. I also have a number of changes I want to make on the manuscript as written, and they're bugging me to no end. So don't get your hopes up, and I promise nothing, but I am back to work on the book. Hopefully Devon and I can dredge the manuscript out of the bowels of my desktop (which is still sitting, in relative bits, in the back corner of the would-be-dining room), and I can keep up some progress and get this done.

Wordcount: I have no idea! But 1200 new words handwritten.

Previous Accomplishments: Getting restarted. Taking decisive action for climax of plot.

Upcoming Challenges: Further outlining conclusion. Integrating with previously written sections of draft.

Currently Reading: The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Catherynne M. Valente; Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin.

Meanwhile, stolen from (and written by) the brilliant lodessa: a Shakespeare character meme:

Comment with a character from one of Shakespeare's plays and I will reply with 3 facts from my personal canon about them. (If I haven't read/seen the play I reserve the right to ask you for a different one.)

Have at!