Importance Of The Ending

Writing Tips

Story Endings

Importance of the Ending

↣ readers invested their time into your publication ; make it worth it!

↣ the conclusion turns readers into fans

↣ endings should be memorable & satisfying ; this will make the readers want to indulge in more of your work

Choosing Your Ending

↣ know your genre ; different genres can get away with different endings

↣ a thriller novel ending unexpectedly or ambiguously would be more satisfying to readers than a romance novel ending that way ; and vise vera, a romance novel ending emotionally and with happily ever after would be more satisfying than a thriller ending that way

↣ make it unpredictable but fair ; readers should feel like they could have seen it coming

↣ find a happy medium between what your readers want and what is unexpected

↣ be careful with unresolved or ambiguous endings ; regardless of the ending, the readers need to feel satisfied or they won’t come back

↣ be careful with expanded endings ; most editors frown upon relying on epilogues to reach a satisfying resolution

↣ have your ending in mind from the beginning ; this isn’t always plausible, but it’s very helpful — you’ll end up having hints to the resolution you may not even realize, & readers want that

Types of Endings

⤷ ambiguous

→ an ending open to interpretation ; allows readers to come to their own conclusions

⤷ dialogue

→ ending with a quote from one of the characters

⤷ emotional

→ leaving the readers feeling some intense emotion ; negative, positive, or bittersweet

⤷ expanded

→ expands past the events of the narrative to resolve aspects that may not be explained in the main chapters ; usually takes form of an epilogue with a time skip

⤷ happily ever after

→ type of resolved ending where everything works out in the end

⤷ humorous

→ ends with a joke or in an ironic way

⤷ lesson learned

→ ends with clear, profound character development

⤷ reflection

→ ends with characters looking back on their choices, achievements, and experiences

⤷ resolved

→ leaves reader with no questions or loose ends ; all aspects have been clearly & satisfyingly resolved

⤷ tied

→ brings the story full-circle so it ends where it began

⤷ unexpected

→ a twist the readers did not see coming but also makes sense

⤷ unresolved

→ leaves readers with unanswered questions ; usually to lead into the next book

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3 years ago

BTW this is a future problem but I don’t want to see any of it-

No one better do to Percabeth what some people in the Flash fandom tried doing to Westallen. Percabeth is endgame. They always have been and they always will be both in the source material and they will be in the show. If I see anyone pulling some snowberry bullshit out of they’re ass with Rachel or Calypso or whoever else the fandom decides to make some kind of de facto white female lead because they’re racist I’m gonna fucking scream.

Percabeth is the definition of a slowburn friends to lovers ship and if anyone even attempts to argue against it in light of the casting indisputably racist. I saw this happen in the Flash when it took a few seasons for Barry and Iris to get together and no matter how much those people claimed it wasn’t about race it clearly was.

We’re not doing that.

Leah and Walker are Annabeth and Percy. And Percabeth will be endgame.

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9 months ago

I love you sirius black who leans back in chairs and who is confident in his intelligence. I love you sirius black who has a flying motorcycle and who wanted to take harry away from godric’s hollow and raise him as his own son and i love you sirius black who left harry with hagrid, gave him his motorcycle and left to avenge his best friend. I love you sirius black who was the first person to escape from azkaban, without anyone’s help, and swimming across the north sea, fuelled by vengeance and fury. I love you sirius black who missed doing crosswords. I love you sirius black who watched harry’s quidditch matches as a dog and was reminded of james. I love you sirius black who was ready to kill peter for betraying his friends. I love you sirius black who was friends with both crookshanks and buckbeak. I love you sirius black who lived in a cave and ate rats just to be close to harry and was delighted when they brought him chicken meat and pumpkin juice. I love you sirius black who was sarcastic and had bouts of sadness being locked up in his childhood home yet still being a paternal figure to harry. I love you sirius black who wanted to tell the children as much as he could because he wanted them to know what was happening. I love you sirius black who left grimmauld place turned into a dog just to accompany them to king’s cross. I love you sirius black who towered over severus snape. I love you sirius black who took care of the weasleys and harry after arthur’s attack and cooked for them and reassured them. I love you sirius black who was the happiest when the house he had to stay in was filled with people. I love you sirius black who sang carols. I love you sirius black who affectionately remembered how james used to ruffle his hair because he had forgotten. I love you sirius black who, in harry’s vision, told voldemort he would have to kill him before telling him anything. I love you sirius black

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3 years ago

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