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A different kind of ending for stories of refugees - Ethical Storytelling

The traditional story model – situation, complication, resolution – was inadequate for me as a non-fiction writer because real life is messy.

How to End a Story - The Art of Narrative

Matthew McConaughey once said that “life is a flat circle.” Well, so are the best stories. Good endings will often take the reader back to where ...

How to Write an Ending That Fits Your Story - Ryan Lanz

I don't like endings that feel fake, as though the author pulled some strings with the fictional higher powers to give the characters the ending ...

Every Story Must Have an Ending - Ann H. Gabhart

What a neat thought about sunsets and so true. When the sun is setting for me, it's rising for someone else. If I stretch my thinking on this a ...

How To Write A Perfect Ending To Your Story%

An obvious ending can be feigned and countered when a good author places a twist into the story. This will beef up the energy and excitement for ...

Writing the Bittersweet Ending - Fiction University - Janice Hardy

If your ending needs a little bitter to make the sweet stand out, don't grab for any random sadness (unless, y'know, your story is about ...

The Happy Ending Effect – Hunger Mountain Review

It is true for any character we authors might create. But happy endings perpetuate because they allow us to carry on as if that were not true.

How to Write Exceptional Endings - September C. Fawkes

There is an overarching story plot, but then there is a personal one. The personal one often relates to an internal struggle the protagonist is ...

How to Write a Good Ending - YouTube

This video is all about how to write a good ending to a story. Whether you are looking to be traditionally published or are writing picture ...

How to End Your Novel so They Come Back for More - Dabble

The ending of a novel should remain consistent with the rest of the story. Make sure any resolutions or events that happen at the end are ...

MEET THE READER: "The End" - Importance of the Right Story Ending

If you want to end your story on an ambiguous or an open note, that's fine – just remember to conclude the actual plot before you do. A good ...

How to Write the Ending Of Your Novel | by Ian Canon

It should be the theme of your story, the flaw they've had all along, that they now know how to overcome, and which they would never have ...

The ending of your novel is about characters - Kristen Stieffel

Sometimes the events of the story make it impossible, or at least unrealistic, to literally return to the opening setting. That's okay. You can find subtler ...

TAP021, How to Choose the Right Ending for Your Story

What matters when it comes to story endings is whether it is a satisfying ending for your story. It's not enough for you as a writer to create a ...

Reader Question: What are some tips for figuring out the ending of a ...

A screenwriter needs to think about the ending as being grounded in the story's beginning. Do your work up front and you'll find your ending.

A Checklist For Writing A Great Ending | Killzoneblog.com

But there's nothing wrong with an ambiguous ending if it fits with your character and your world. An author writes the story he or she wants to ...

Do Novels Need to Have a Happy Ending? | by Julia Amante

The only exception is literary fiction. The audience for these books wants to experience life as it is, sometimes just a slice of life that ...

The Nonsense Of An Ending: How To Make A Short Story End Well

But let's get real. Endings. As crucial as beginnings, and even bigger in weight when it comes to measuring the story. You can have the best ...

Narrative Endings: How to Pick the Right One - Home For Fiction

Here's an important secret about narrative endings: if you do things right, there's one and only one ending that suits your book of fiction.

Discussion: The Tragic Ending | My Literary Quest - WordPress.com

Sure the acting and effects were terrific but in the end, the part that sticks is that sense of loss. The writer creates an emotional connection ...


The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Novel by Agatha Christie https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0blKjux5k1Cmo8NXwNHASqKOwjYW6CT9uJNYNs_SZIzJVpqMK

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Novel by Jules Verne https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlvtH3t7Utixr8u_pgcqT_Xe5kOjn9UX4omzGJZv-fPwHj4g1c

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. It is often considered a classic within both its genres and world literature.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Play by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband.

The Jungle

Novel by Upton Sinclair https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1LJ-h_uuc5I9eXwkhZEuwd0OlqzV5lDNGe26DeZq-hOWpuDmq

The Jungle is a novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century.

The Great Gatsby

Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbSF6gO78cx31SLBbDfeRcazJoDOx7PlGwdNps2LEgJWoehu4e

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Three Men in a Boat

Novel by Jerome K. Jerome https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvjusm-8rKQKtQnvnXmKHLsB1Cc8Q9ERSet_LyO0ktnt5Ny46P

Three Men in a Boat, published in 1889, is a humorous novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome describing a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston.