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I can't tell you how to think of a good ending, but we can summarize what it should achieve (though you might not need all of these): Have a character's personality or development somehow earn or...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:05:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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J.G.
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2019-12-08T09:05:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
I can't tell you how to think of a good ending, but we can summarize what it should achieve (though you might not need all of these): - Have a character's personality or development somehow earn or rationalise the ending. - Challenge or even refute an assumption that's existed throughout the story, on behalf of you, a character or the reader. - Leave some question notably unanswered: not necessarily of what happened or will, so much as whether it's good or what it means. Or do that with multiple questions. Above all, write something that you can imagine a book club discussing from a variety of viewpoints, maybe to the point of heated disagreement. That idea applies, perhaps, to the story as a whole; I think it's what they call polyphonic writing.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-06-12T15:38:10Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 4