I can write decent stuff but..

The Lurking Fear · Post by **The Lurking Fear** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:19 am

I can never end it good, I just can't think of how to end most of the stuff I write. It's like it keeps going on and on and there never is a proper ending that makes any sense. It's probably my biggest problem, I just don't have good ideas on how to end stories.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:57 pm

Have you any particular stories you want help with finishing?

Nicodemus Whateley · Post by **Nicodemus Whateley** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:22 am

Imitate opera and Shakespeare. Kill everyone.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:18 pm

::Loads guns:: Where do I start?

Ward13 · Post by **Ward13** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:56 pm

Write out a plot and outline before you fill in the storyline but Nicodemus Whateley's idea has merit. Dead or mad.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:14 pm

i've never been able to do that outline method.. i change my mind too many times over the course of writing. but i can see how that's a good way to start, if you can't start

Grendelvs · Post by **Grendelvs** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:43 pm

maybe you can choose your ending when you start, then work towards it.

Pinonomicon · Post by **Pinonomicon** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:47 am

I agree with grendelvs...try coming up with a really odd ending, and see what twists and turns you will need to get there.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:16 pm

Like the narrorator finds out that he's been a miget this whole time?

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:46 pm

Like the door-to-door salesman who realizes he's a horse.

"I finally understood why no one would let me use their bathrooms."

Grendelvs · Post by **Grendelvs** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:52 pm

that...that's EXACTLY what i meant.

i feel so at home.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:01 pm

like that writer who felt like he was at home, only to discover that he never learned to read, and he's homeless

Grendelvs · Post by **Grendelvs** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:13 pm

um...

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:19 pm

word!

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:26 pm

JJ Burke wrote:like that writer who felt like he was at home, only to discover that he never learned to read, and he's homeless

And also, he's Batman.