Damn, can't wait to put the first draft of this novel to bed

Am at sixty thousand words with this YA romance, and I'm experiencing a terror that I had heard about but hadn't quite believed was real: third act problems.

That's when you get all the way to the two thirds mark and maneuver all the pieces into place, and then you're like, well shit, how do I end this book?

I hadn't quite believed this was a thing, becau…