All Endings End?
How do you know when a story is over?
I don’t know, how do you know when a drawing is finished?
It’s whenever you’re sick of working on it, or afraid that changing it any more will make it worse instead of better.
When it looks real.
When all of the important parts (that draw your attention, either as a writer or as a reader) are fleshed ( Read more... )
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It's kind of a problem with my writing... the lack of finality. There's always this kind of nagging feeling that there is something more to be said.
But I kind of think it leaves it feeling a bit more realistic when there's not one great big resolution. I mean, in life... how often to we really get a true and complete ending? So it's always more of a problem for the readers than myself perhaps. I enjoy the openness that comes with writing intentionally incomplete fics... and endings, happy, sad, whatever, almost always seem forced when I write them.
I think an author sort of knows when the time comes... and it's different for everyone. Don't push yourself. Sometimes we just need to take a step back and let ourselves breathe.
This was a completely pointless response. But I really wanted to say "I know where you're coming from~"
Also.. I miss you girl, be on skype more often! *pout*
xoxo
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