tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post4063086907821752370..comments2024-03-17T06:03:00.362-04:00Comments on Fiction University: 5 Common Problems With EndingsJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-85599516574550973902016-03-05T10:40:06.883-05:002016-03-05T10:40:06.883-05:00No, not "passive" as inactive.
Passive ...No, not "passive" as inactive.<br /><br />Passive as being the MacGuffin, as being who everyone else is trying to do sth to, as being the one who makes the narrow escapes ... but without doing very much herself about it.<br /><br />I mean, Susan was doing that role in Horse and His Boy, right?Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-25250781490932122562016-03-04T09:34:58.041-05:002016-03-04T09:34:58.041-05:00Thank you for this! I might have broken some of th...Thank you for this! I might have broken some of those points. Often I tend to come up with a rushed ending, leading to unresolved issues. This will come in handy especially for an aspiring author like me. Here's another link that you might be interested in: https://www.chatebooks.com/blog-Story-Endings-Tips-That-Make-Readers-Anticipate-Your-Next-BookAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873777881234151502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-31714642287470754022016-03-04T08:38:12.126-05:002016-03-04T08:38:12.126-05:00A POV character is different from a protagonist th...A POV character is different from a protagonist though. A passive observer (a la Great Gatsby) might be telling the story, but the protagonist and the one driving the story is the one they're observing. <br /><br />I'm talking about characters who are supposed to be driving the story and do nothing to advance that story.Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-75056085487998046662016-03-04T08:36:07.148-05:002016-03-04T08:36:07.148-05:00Fingers crossed! Fingers crossed! Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-84722649188071711962016-03-04T08:35:10.062-05:002016-03-04T08:35:10.062-05:00You might try looking at what the core conflict go...You might try looking at what the core conflict goal of your story is. It's possible you're not sure what the book is "about" and have no clear goal to resolve. So the ending can't end. Goal issues could be the problem there :)Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-78019191308135380402016-03-04T08:33:14.701-05:002016-03-04T08:33:14.701-05:00I haven't watched it yet (it's on the DVR)...I haven't watched it yet (it's on the DVR) because I wanted to hear how folks liked it first. Sounds like maybe I made the right call there. So sad! I loved that series. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-82679542946860688232016-02-26T11:18:41.515-05:002016-02-26T11:18:41.515-05:00(Or told Lucy?)(Or told Lucy?)Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-56041773454933221962016-02-26T11:18:23.462-05:002016-02-26T11:18:23.462-05:00"If the protagonist isn’t the hero, then why ...<i>"If the protagonist isn’t the hero, then why have readers been following her all book?"</i><br /><br />Because a novel from a passive character's pov may be interesting?<br /><br />In the Palantir chapters, Pippin is of course much less of a hero than Gandalf. And yet we see them more from Pippins pov, because an author being intimate with an angelic mind is somewhat daunting.<br /><br />And in my Susan fic, perhaps, ultimately, the peace someone can have after having been to Narnia, in an English 50's decade where psychiatry is more and more powerful, may be bought by letting others do the fighting. Which is also what Aslan or Father Christmas told her: "battles are ugly when ladies fight". (Have to read up on my CSL sources again, I think).Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-87357147733834020032016-02-25T09:47:10.944-05:002016-02-25T09:47:10.944-05:00Yes! That ending made me so irritated. I love when...Yes! That ending made me so irritated. I love when endings plant the seed for the next season or book, but you gotta harvest the tomatoes I've been waiting for if you expect me to invest in your next farming venture. Especially when a next season isn't a given.<br /><br />(that metaphor got away from me)Jennifer Lee Rossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063589960452256646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-50608513498401266342016-02-24T20:26:23.536-05:002016-02-24T20:26:23.536-05:00I think I broke all of those points...at the same ...I think I broke all of those points...at the same time...<br />Thanks for this. Now I can hopefully fix it.Sandy R. Stucklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889151113916841416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-75291467720078119672016-02-24T16:50:48.824-05:002016-02-24T16:50:48.824-05:00You said it, Leah! I just watched that episode, an...You said it, Leah! I just watched that episode, and couldn't believe how disappointing that ending was.Jaime_samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976235431062895436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-80810777327118464082016-02-24T15:49:26.990-05:002016-02-24T15:49:26.990-05:00Thank you for this!
Often, my endings feel very ru...Thank you for this!<br />Often, my endings feel very rushed and then sort of "unfinished"--I've gotten into the bad habit of doing "deep" endings that are filled with ambiguity and don't actually end/close/resolve anything.Coryl o'Reillyhttp://coryldork.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-28188962851692213532016-02-24T10:04:07.152-05:002016-02-24T10:04:07.152-05:00I guess this could fit under 5, but what about the...I guess this could fit under 5, but what about the endings that aren't endings, but set up for sequels? <br /><br />The X-files miniseries just did that, and it drove me up the wall. Nothing was resolved--what happened to Scully, what happened to Mulder, what happened to the mini-me's, what happened to the world? It felt like a big "gotcha, dummy! you want to know how the story ends, better hope enough people watched for the network to pick up a second miniseries".<br /><br />Those are the most frustrating to me. The rest are disappointing, but I don't want to read a book (or watch a TV show, or movie) where the story is completely unresolved at the end.Leah Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112039253103425880noreply@blogger.com