This week, Alida, Robert, and Kathryn talk about ending your story. What is the purpose of your ending? How do you create space for the reader to really feel the emotional impact of your story? And when should you plan how you are going to tie up those plot points and emotional questions you opened at the beginning of your story? How can we add fresh twists to our inevitable endings? And how do we avoid or embrace the “Hollywood Ending”? In the end it’s all about creating the ending that satisfies your story!
This episode previously aired as 069.
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What we talked about:
How your ending is like a joke. (0:40)
How do you leave space for the reader to feel? (4:40)
Should you plan your readers emotional response in your pre-writing? (9:50)
The emotional notes are the only high impact moments in your ending. (11:42)
How can you add a fresh twist to your inevitable ending? (15:40)
What about the Hollywood ending? (20:45)
Is it organic to the themes in your character’s arc? (27:20)
Does this ending satisfy the story? (28:20)
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Want more about these topics? Check out:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
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About Your Hosts
Kathryn Arnold writes fantasy and anything else that sparks her creativity from her home in Kingston, Washington. She currently earns her living as an insurance underwriting assistant, where she also creates marketing and web copy. When not writing, she plays (and teaches) piano and keyboard in a band (or two), and is working on starting a ministry team with her husband. You can find Kathryn at www.skyfirewords.com.
Robert Scanlon was born in Australia, but whisked off to England when only a baby. After many years complaining about the weather, he did the sensible thing and moved back to Australia. Despite a career in the music industry, followed by decades teaching public speaking, Robert is an introvert who adores reading. Robert grew up on a diet of sci-fi masters, eventually discovering he had read the library’s entire science fiction section. Now he has to write his own. Robert is the author of Constellation, book one of the Blood Empire space opera series. Find out more at www.RobertScanlon.com
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