Often times the most difficult piece of writing is the ending. Everything you\u2019ve plotted must mesh seamlessly and flow towards\u00a0the finale. Plot points have to add up, foreshadowing must be perfect and the development of characters has to come together. And then you think you can \u201cwing it\u201d, right? This exactly why I\u2019ve found going into the draft with an ending in mind is easier than trying to fumble one together. If you\u2019re not sure, here are a few types of endings you could pick from:<\/p>\n
The Cliffhanger:<\/em> The book ends on a shocking note that makes readers beg for more.<\/p>\n The Happily-Ever-After:<\/em> \u00a0Everyone is happy (and usually married) by the end.<\/p>\n The Open Ending:<\/em> Suggestion of one event also implies there\u2019s a debatable second version of the end.<\/p>\n The Closed Ending:<\/em> The finale goes one way that\u2019s indisputable.<\/p>\n There isn\u2019t any exact formula to writing since different approaches work for different people and readers are subjective enough to like a variety of stories\u2014we can be thankful for that. This gives creative license to writers and you should use it to its fullest. But the ending is<\/em> a tricky thing.<\/p>\n You have to choose something that not only fits with the story but feels right. And above all else, I believe the \u201cfeeling\u201d related to the ending is most important. If you want everyone to be happy, but it just doesn\u2019t feel<\/em> right, then you can switch things up a bit. You\u2019re going to have to live with the choice so why not embrace it?<\/p>\n Share your experience- or more types of endings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Often times the most difficult piece of writing is the ending. Everything you\u2019ve plotted must mesh seamlessly and flow towards\u00a0the finale. Plot points have to add up, foreshadowing must be perfect and the development of characters has to come together. And then you think you can \u201cwing it\u201d, right? This exactly why I\u2019ve found going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[58,26,62,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ending","category-how-to","category-planning","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-6u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}