Writing Excuses

Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 29: How not to end your book

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Apr 27, 2009
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ADVICE

Push Your Ending Further

  • Take your story's core idea as far as the reader's expectations demand.
  • Exceed those expectations to keep them wanting more after the ending.
ADVICE

Fulfill Your Story Promises

  • Identify and fulfill promises made in the first part of your book in the ending.
  • Use others to help find hidden promises you've unknowingly made to readers.
ANECDOTE

Mystery Promise Misunderstood

  • A friend set up a mystery but didn't deliver a surprising resolution.
  • She misunderstood the promise of a mystery, resulting in an unsatisfying ending.
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