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ahb-writes · 1 month

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Writing Problem: The Ending Is Completely Anti-Climactic

Problem: The Ending Is Completely Anti-Climactic

Solution: Endings can be dramatic. Endings can be a little ambiguous. Endings can be bittersweet. Endings can be simple surprises. Endings can be unique and unresolved. Endings can reverse motives, reverse perspectives, or reverse fortunes. Endings can be complex webs that tie up every single loose end. Whatever the author's preference, endings shouldn't read as if the last 10 pages were cut off.

But knowing how to end a story is not an isolated challenge. To end a story properly and effectively, the author must know how the story begins, how its characters evolve, and how these dynamics transform over the course of narrative's varying points of tension and conflict. Recall, how does the story begin and why? How, specifically, do the characters evolve? And what compels them to do so? Where and how do the story's internal and external conflicts converge? Endings follow a few essential rules: endings require context, endings must be plausible, and endings must connect to the narrative's key elements.

Writing Resources:

Figuring Out Where to End a Story (Writing Questions Answered)

Writing Great Beginnings and Endings (Writing Questions Answered)

Feeling Overwhelmed by Plot Points (Writing Questions Answered)

What Is the Dénouement of a Story? Your Guide (With Tips) (Jericho Writers)

How to End a Story Perfectly (Jericho Writers)

Story Climax Examples: Writing Gripping Build-Ups (Now Novel)

How to End a Novel: Writing Strong Story Endings (Now Novel)

Tension vs. Conflict (Hint: They Aren't the Same Thing) (September C. Fawkes)

Utilizing 3 Types of Death (September C. Fawkes)

10 Signs Your Plot is Weak (and How to Fix it) (September C. Fawkes)

❯ ❯ Adapted from the writing masterpost series: 19 Things That Are Wrong With Your Novel (and How to Fix Them)

#writeblr #writing tips #writing advice #writing problems #novel writing #fiction writing #anticlimactic ending #writeprob #anticlimactic resolution #story climax #tension versus conflict #how to end a story #where to end a story #overwhelmed by plot points #what is the denouement #strong story endings #character death #your plot is weak #how to fix it

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beif0ngs · 5 months

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LUFFY’S DREAM

Huh? Have I never mentioned this to any of you before...? I guess I only told Shanks, Ace and Sabo then.

#One Piece #opgraphics #Monkey D. Luffy #*mine #NOT ME CRYING THE MOMENT THEY STARTED PLAYING THE WE ARE SOUNDTRACK TO THIS SCENE 😭#ok i'm sure many of us already suspect this more or less #that Luffy's aforementioned dream here is to hold a party of the biggest scale after finding the One Piece and becoming the Pirate King #especially with how almost every arc ends with a banquet/party #and everyone in the entire world is welcome #but i really do hope Oda has something less predictable up his sleeve #although i get that this is very in line with Luffy's character #and the party would hold more meaning to it than it simply being a party #but idk for all this suspense and build up to just lead to one gigantic party seems rather anticlimactic :/

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a2zillustration · 19 days

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Gottem

[[ All Croissant Adventures (chronological, desktop) ]]

[[ All Croissant Adventures (app) ]]

#this guy was a perfectly anticlimactic final boss for us lmao #We ended up sneaking up to the roof and bypassing the entire flaming fist squadron throughout wyrm's rock #rolled up with full health and resources and kicked this man right in the dingdong #now for the sad bits :')#y'all we're finally in endgame I'm crying we're almost done aaaaaaa #what's gonna HAPPEN #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #croissant adventures #tav #karlach #gortash #comics

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not-with-you-but-of-you · 3 months

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Pablo Neruda, excerpt from Del incomunicado, in Tus pies toco en la sombra y otros poemas inéditos

Jess Mariano + phones

#literati #jess mariano #rory gilmore #jess x rory #rory x jess #luke & jess #luke danes #gilmore girls #literatiedit #jessmarianoedit #rorygilmoreedit #lukedanesedit #gilmoregirlsedit #pablo neruda #del incomunicado #my gifs #*#a bit of an anticlimactic ending #but I really wanted to use the last three scenes #and show the nice parallel between Jess’s first and last scenes at Luke’s apartment #he went from not wanting to answer his mother’s call to getting a cellphone and giving her his number #which doesn’t mean that she deserves it or that he was wrong for not wanting to talk to her in the beginning #but rather it’s a testament to his growth and how much he’s matured #and of course the middle is filled with Literati #also #I couldn’t find an “official” translation of the poem so I’m sorry if there are any mistakes #the entire poem is very Jess

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black-and-yellow · 9 months

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Ingenue

Reel it in.

(NB even though this reads right to left, the pages are ordered so that they will be in order when scrolled through on full screen)

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klaxiaaa · 13 days

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The fact we now have Orange, one of AEW's most winningest guys, feuding with Trent, a former tag guy who frankly has lost most of his singles matches, has got me thinking of ways things could be evened out so hear me out.

A stipulation match. One that would reduce Orange's mobility somewhat and could also play up Trent's size advantage.

One that might even symbolically represent Trent feeling somewhat tied down to Orange whether he likes it or not, even.

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Dog collar match. I'm suggesting they should do a dog collar match. Double or Nothing.

#Book it TK if you are not a Coward.#wrassleposting #wrasslethoughts #trent beretta #orange cassidy #yeah they have a match next week dynamite but this feuds gotta continue after that because ending it on a regular match on a regular show #after that parking lot fight would be very anticlimactic

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anistarrose · 1 year

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[Image description: screenshot from The Owl House of King saying: "No one wants to think they've wasted their life following the wrong person." End description.]

The thing about rewatching Hollow Mind, after the finale, is realizing this sentiment isn't just about Belos's followers, or about Luz initially looking up to Philip. In fact, it's just as much about Belos himself.

No one wants to admit you spent years chasing a brother who didn't want to go home. Who wasn't the witch hunter he once claimed to be. Who, in every reincarnation, still won't become the person you wanted him to be.

No one wants to admit that — for the centuries you saw yourself as following your God, doing what He required of you to save humanity's souls, and wipe out the Devil's witchcraft — that you were the only one doing evil. That your devout faith and countless sacrifices were misplaced, and that your former home has moved on from witch hunts anyway.

No one would want to admit any of that, and in combination with Belos's personal obsession with being a hero, it becomes clear he was never going to admit it. Not even on his deathbed. Because that would be nearly four hundred wasted years on his conscience, four hundred years of following the wrong people, and how could he possibly let himself believe that?

#the owl house #toh spoilers #emperor belos #philip wittebane #toh meta #caleb wittebane #this is one of several reasons why complaints about the finale like #“but belos should've realized he was wrong and died regretting his actions!”#don't really hold water to me #he is a foil to caleb and hunter and lilith and luz and literally everyone who undergoes positive character development #he is so deep in the sunk cost fallacy that he would rather die a martyr than face the reality of what he's done #and that's also why his end was so... what some people call anticlimactic but what i prefer to just call pathetic #they're not giving him a dramatic martyrdom sequence. they're just letting the rain do most of the work and smearing him out a little

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bellamysgriffin · 10 months

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Dana Watches Gilmore Girls: Bon Voyage (7x22)

#javajunkieedit #ggedit #gilmoregirlsedit #lukedanesedit #lorelaigilmoreedit #dwgg*#gilmore girls #luke danes #lorelai gilmore #javajunkie #*#this felt a little anticlimactic tbh #but they're still IT for me #never gave me the same buzz they did s1-5 but still <3 i cheered #also end of an era guys!!#im gonna gif ayitl too whenever i end up watching it lol

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sleepypandaarts · 6 months

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A long overdue Mulan sketch. Been busy with assignments and I had art block 😭

I haven’t actually watched Mulan so i’m mostly just going with what I’m assuming

Name: Fa Mulan

Age: 16

School: Royal Sword Academy

Homeland: Country of the Red Dragon

Best Subject: P.E

Club: Fencing

Height: 176cm

Hobbies: Fencing, basketball, horse riding

A 2nd year at RSA and in the sleeping beauty dorm

He's from a small village in the country of the red dragon

His sword is a family sword passed down from generation to generation

His grandmother was the one who taught him all about sword fighting and he's been obsessed ever since

From dawn to dusk all he did was practice sword fighting to the point his parents got worried he'd scare away girls and never settle down

Isn't really a flirt but being honest and gentlemanly paired with his boy next door looks have girls swarming without him trying

He's the heartthrob of the village without trying which pisses his friend off to no end

His parents have tried to set him up with nice girls from his village but maybe it's spite preventing him from actually trying so the relationship fails

It's not that he doesn't want a girlfriend it's just he just wants one on his terms and he doesn't want anything to get in the way of his swordsmanship at the moment

His parents are worried he'll be single for the rest of his life even though he's 16

His grandma is all for his single bachelor life though

He was supposed to be a girl so his parents were in for a surprise when he came out

They had gotten everything ready from the dresses to his room so when he was a kid they'd put him in dresses and had a pink room until he was 6 and he got fed up at his friends teasing him and re-painted the room himself

His grandma still has photos

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team-avia · 6 months

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So .... I have to ask. Did Cinder drug us in the Miranda route bar scene. Cause guys I gasped irl and was like "did she drugs us !? Omg she drugged us!!!" Also lol I also liked the pom pom purin character in some of the backgrounds

Yes. I did. It came to my attention that perhaps it could be misconstrued that Elena drugged MC. NO. My girl Elena did none of those things, twas I.

Cinder

#mail 💌#cindermod🔪#dont drug peoples drinks #BUT it was with the intention of instigating Miranda into doing something #also lol i didnt want to reveal dev cult stuff before the ending #felt anticlimactic #mb guys #but yeah i did that

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robiland · 1 month

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You should read Mashle

#one of my new fav gag shonen #it's a good read albeit with a bit of an anticlimactic ending #mashle magic and muscles #mashle #mash burnedead #trish reads

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invested-in-your-future · 5 months

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It is fascinating how many parts of V9 can be described with "I waited for this since Volume 3, for six or seven years now, and y'all did this way too late and STILL messed it all up somehow"

#rwby #rwde #whether its Ruby's issues or bees no longer being queerbait or yeah summer rose being acknowledged or neo confrontation #imagine waiting till V9 for NEO #And yet somehow all of those still ended up underwhelming or anticlimactic #and the rest of volume is just filler set in dumbest location then #ruby rose #deserved better

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unreal-unearthing · 20 days

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Also what does it say about me (and maybe like… Society™️ as a whole under late capitalism) that the financial ruin inflicted by zorrotrade was scarier than whatever came thru the phone at the end to kill him.

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp 13 #because seriously I actually found the ending a bit anticlimactic #because the horror of that much debt seemed worse somehow #like sure getting eaten by bugs (?) would suck but at least if ur dead you don’t have to deal with collections agencies

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piggiebonez · 1 year

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hi guys how do you feel about my incredible story where zim teleports dib and gaz on the massive as a sure way to get rid of them but the tallest hate zim so much that they just end up giving dib and gaz a bunch of awesome irken weapons so that they torture zim forever. there are many wacky shenanigans and funny jokes in my head surrounding this scenario. it just wont leave my head. theres like a whole narrative you know. i will never write it all down tho. because that would be a fanfic. and i would rather kill myself than write an invader zim fanfic. because im not an embarrassing weirdo

z*adrs dni and preferably disappear into thin air

cool gear gaz as a bonus

#my art #iz #invader zim #dib membrane #dib iz #gaz membrane #gaz iz #almighty tallest #almighty tallest red #tallest red #i might end up writing a fanfic about this whole thing but its gonna end abruptly because of dib and gaz fusing into a fleshy pile of meat #like in a freak teleportation accident. typical sci fi bullshit bla bla you get it. like THAT would actually be very funny #because of how anticlimactic it is. i would build this shit up like its goddamn starwars. the best most epic fanfic ever #and then it ends like that. yeah

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jondoe279 · 5 months

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the old guard is so fun what other comic contains the world’s oldest and most toxic lesbian couple

#comics noriko ILYYYY. she’s so interesting to me….#imagine drowing at sea so many times you achieve evil enlightenment & when you finally get back to land you realize the woman who love(s…d?)#you had STOPPED trying to find you so you immediately delve into multinational organized crime to effectively reverse any good she might #have put into the world. and when you finally seek her out you kill her for fun. NORIKOOO #invented love and drama and romance! andy …. imagine knowing someone for millennia and loving her and LOSING her and when she comes back #she’s the same person with entirely different morals……. and you can’t agree but you’re so tired of trying to atone that slipping into apathy #and disillusionment………. end of vol 2 felt anticlimactic action wise but the way andy ends up repeating what noriko said earlier…. the worst #is that ANDY knows shes wrong and nile tells her that and then nile and they guys leave because they know she’s wrong too! sooo good #i need vol 3 to have the msot unhealthy insane dynamic between them i love it sm #the old guard #noriko #andromache the scythian

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journey-to-the-attic · 4 months

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just finished (nb) lesson 40, and not to tell the writers how to do their job, but lucifer should've cried in the hard mode story

#(putting aside the fact that i already think he should've cried in lesson 37/38)#obey me #obey me lucifer #also this ending was just anticlimactic in general??#feels like they've forgotten that they had a mystery set up with nightbringer #guys you can't keep dragging this out it's been two whole seasons #it's the what-happened-to-simeon mystery that they dragged on entirely too long all over again #at this point even the biggest reveal is going to feel trite #nightbringer spoilers

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