That moment came at the worst. Possible. Moment.
I had been working on this project diligently for several weeks.
No.
That’s not quite right.
I’d been working on it for years. A little over a decade, in fact, when I realized just what I’d done.
It was horrifying, bewildering, truly terrible. Nights as well as days had been spent working on this manuscript that I had believed was some of my best work and I was so darn proud of the fact that I had consistently been working on not only the story itself but on the creation of the world within the story. So you can imagine my horror when I realized that one of my main characters had the kind of mood-swings that most people attribute to pregnant women in the movies and books (but that I have never actually experienced myself with my many sisters and/or friends who have been pregnant). But she was only like that with one character alone.
The character with the problems wasn’t even close to being pregnant in the story and likely never would be except maybe in some kind of epilogue.
I had to go back and redraft every single moment that had her in it.
I still look back at that and realize that if I’m going to work on any story in the middle of the night when even my cat is looking at me like I’m insane to still be up then I need to close the laptop and go do something else.
This moment in my life was remembered due to the Dungeon Prompt: That Now-I-Get-It-Moment.
Breathing In 
If you believe in your project just keep it the way it is. Your sudden self doubt might be because you are finally finished – maybe put it aside for a while then read it again when you have more emotional distance. All the best.
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Thank you, Suzanne, I have had to put it aside for now, it just really got to me for a moment there.
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Finishing is hard. It’s easy to doubt your work at the very end. Getting a break and seeing the project with fresh eyes is a must I think.
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Aye! It certainly helps me realize that I was trying to do too much all at once!
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I’m the same way. When I have a chance to step out of the story for a second and then somehow look at it with new eyes, I’m like what? but it is always better in the end.
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I hope so. (*smiles*) I just needed to get it all out for the moment. Thank you for that prompt, even if I’m always late.
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