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Sakabelle:
So, I'm in the middle of writing a story and I'm starting to think "Crap! I have no idea how to end this!" The problem is, I have to decide soon because the ending will impact the way I want to take the story.  It will also impact the length of the story by a significant amount.  How do you decide how to end your stories?  Usually when I start one, I have a clear ending in mind, but this one has taken so much planning and organization that I really want to be sure of the ending before I move any further.  Help!!

nicksgal:
Nine times out of ten, I don't have a clear ending. Maybe that's why I'm so scatter-brained. lol I will though have a vague idea of what should happen. Like, in a romance, for instance, they either end up together or they don't. You pick one and move toward it.

The story I've been working on for a while now is PBox, and when I started it, I did have a very vague idea of what would happen in the end, and that's what will be the fiftieth chapter. Everything up to that point, I had yet to think of. I think it was around chapter nineteen when I figured out how I wanted the story to end. Nick and I had an argument about it, and the two of us settled on an ending that made both of us happy. lol

So I'd say just have a nice little chat with your characters and decide from there. lol

honey:
I'm kind of the opposite. Nine Times out of ten I see the ending first. Basically when I come up with a story idea I ask my self "what if?"  What if this happened? What if these two did this? Then The answer to my what if is usually the end of my story. Everything in the middle for me is usually the "how?"  If this happened, then this would be the result so how do I get to that point?

I can't even really see starting a story if I don't know how it will eventually end, so I'm probably no help at all.   But good luck!!

Kagoma:
I never ever think of the ending. Its like a weird thing with me. I never know how I'm going to end things.

mare:
7.5 times out of ten I have an ending in mind already while the other 2.5 times I freeball the ending lol

I would say concentrate on your story right before bed one night and maybe it'll come to you in your dreams. I'm not kidding either lol i've done that before and it's worked out.

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