Comments on: BIG BANG not Baby Blip: Write a Satisfying Story Ending

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:44:01 +0000

And, yet, sometimes those books get published.

By: Kris Maze

Kris Maze — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:28:46 +0000

Hi Lori,
Great ideas to make a bigger impact with a story. It's easy to tell when the story isn't working, but so much harder to tell what to do next.
Thank you!

Kris

By: Lori Freeland

Lori Freeland — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:31:28 +0000

In reply to Jackie Rod. Thank you!

By: Lori Freeland

Lori Freeland — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:30:45 +0000

In reply to Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt. I love all of that! And yes, we as readers always want the climaxes to be bigger with each book :)

By: Jackie Rod

Jackie Rod — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:35:54 +0000

Thanks for the great tips today, Lori. Most writers probably rush the ending and fail to get the emotional bang we all love.

By: Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt

Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:11:23 +0000

I've been writing the same mainstream trilogy for over 23 years now; two published, one in the chute. Structure is how I handle everything. And I knew, for example, that the climax to Book 2 had to be stronger than Book 1's climax, and that Book 3's needs to blow your socks off even if readers never get another book from me. It's making me VERY slow and careful with LIMBO's plot and characters. I figured it all out (though not quite the length it would take me to achieve it - one novel was nowhere near enough space) from the very beginning, because I'd hate to have a reader dropped with a splat at the end. I hate when that happens to me as a reader. If you don't aim for something, how will you know you got there? And I won't be executing the plan until it IS rock solid. Worked well for the first two volumes, and now I need to do it one last time, with fireworks.

By: Lori Freeland

Lori Freeland — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:14:17 +0000

In reply to Ellen Buikema. Good beta readers are golden. And so appreciated!

By: Ellen Buikema

Ellen Buikema — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:41:35 +0000

Hi Lori,

Book fatigue is no fun. Setting it aside instead of pushing toward an unsatisfying ending is a great idea.

Good Beta readers are golden!