Lots of stuff is going on at the end of your novel. There’s action and revelation and emotional upheaval. But it all must be presented in terms of what’s happening to the people. Ideally, your characters will be proactive. There’s probably a whole other blog post in that. Characters who …
Tag: Endings
Craft a satisfying ending
Writing books seem to give less attention to endings than they do to other elements of fiction. Yet a satisfying ending is a necessity. An unsatisfying ending will produce negative reviews, eliminate word-of-mouth referrals, and ruin your chances of getting repeat readers. Nobody reads a mystery to get to the …