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Personally I would prefer the open end. In romance, there are no happy or sad endings. Let's take the scene: ... but one ends up "cheating" ... So: One person was cheating on the other, even...
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System
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2019-12-08T09:40:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Pawana
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2019-12-08T09:40:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Personally I would prefer the open end. In romance, there are no happy or sad endings. Let's take the scene: > ... but one ends up "cheating" ... So: One person was cheating on the other, even considered that they were in love, without telling each other (correct me if this is wrong, that was what I assumed from your text) ... so the most obvious thing would be hate, disgust or something bad ... in that case the sad ending. Then you wrote > ... She gets a chance to see him again ... That's where I'm hooked. If you look from the human point of view: Who would be with someone, who cheated on you? I assume from your telling, that he was the one who cheated. Why was he cheating? Was there a reason? If there was a reason, did he had doubts about the woman? If you look at it pragmatically, there is no happy ending per se. The most awesome endings are the open endings. The reader can think of a ending for himself or imagine what happens after that.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-08-22T06:49:15Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 2