Writing Endings
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write_awayI have a real trouble writing endings. I plan my ending, I can see it, and then just a little from the final push I often grind to a halt.
This has happened to me many times. It always seems to be for a different reason. So far these have included:
> I hit a plot point I hadn't worked out yet, or forget what I'd decided to do about it.
> There are so many threads to tie up and my brain busts something trying to hold onto them all.
> I get worried readers won't like how the story is going to end.
> I get sucked into research instead and never come out.
> I get crippling embarrassment that my story is rubbish, and if I don't finish it, I never have to show it to anyone.
> I get distracted by other ideas for stories and lose momentum.
> Story fatigue. My brain just wants a break from these characters or the setting.
> Or conversely, I'm enjoying the story so much I don't want it to end.
Does anyone else have trouble with endings? How did you solve it? Or are some stories just better off staying unfinished?
About half the time, I breeze right through to the end of a story no problem. I don't know what makes these any different than the ones that I have trouble with.
Any thoughts? What works for you?
This has happened to me many times. It always seems to be for a different reason. So far these have included:
> I hit a plot point I hadn't worked out yet, or forget what I'd decided to do about it.
> There are so many threads to tie up and my brain busts something trying to hold onto them all.
> I get worried readers won't like how the story is going to end.
> I get sucked into research instead and never come out.
> I get crippling embarrassment that my story is rubbish, and if I don't finish it, I never have to show it to anyone.
> I get distracted by other ideas for stories and lose momentum.
> Story fatigue. My brain just wants a break from these characters or the setting.
> Or conversely, I'm enjoying the story so much I don't want it to end.
Does anyone else have trouble with endings? How did you solve it? Or are some stories just better off staying unfinished?
About half the time, I breeze right through to the end of a story no problem. I don't know what makes these any different than the ones that I have trouble with.
Any thoughts? What works for you?
