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Q&A Should the opening of a short story mirror the ending?

Yes.. That is one type of writing style. Some stories have the concept at the endings as they have at beginnings as you said. This is because to tell the truth or concept whatever it is strongly to...

posted 10y ago by Manivel Sundaresan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Manivel Sundaresan‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Yes.. That is one type of writing style. Some stories have the concept at the endings as they have at beginnings as you said. This is because to tell the truth or concept whatever it is strongly to readers.

Assume that you want to say something in a story, which is right. But, the people in the society do wrongly. So, You need to add this concept at a incident in the story wrongly at either the beginning or middle as the people do. Then, at the end of the story You should mention the same concept correctly that the people will change the habit of doing something wrongly.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-09-14T06:43:00Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 0