My Story Empire post today is all about ending your book and my
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My Story Empire post today is all about ending your book and my
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Well done, Robbie. Hugs.
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Thank you, Teagan. Your endings are always good.
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Excellent, Robbie. I’m so glad you’ve emphasized the importance of endings, and you drove home the point with the many examples. After all, the ending serves as a book’s capstone. Thank you!
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That is a lovely way to express it: The ending serves as a book’s capstone.
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Excellent post, Robbie!
I agree that the last “Harry Potter” novel was kind of a mixed bag after six fantastic books, and that the epilogue was indeed a clunker. I also agree with Dan Antion (in another comment under your post) about “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; the appearance of Tom Sawyer, and his actions: unfortunate after the novel’s amazing first two-thirds. I was disappointed, too, with the ending of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The House of the Seven Gables” — more upbeat than it should have been, as with “Great Expectations,” per your mention.
As for my own recent part-fiction/part-factual “Misty the Cat…Unleashed,” I had a general sense of the ending but didn’t work it out specifically until I wrote the rest of the book.
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Thank you, Dave. I have only read The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and I liked it very much. HP, well, maybe it just got overhyped and overrated. It was a good idea and made the author lots of money.
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A bad ending can ruin a book. But everyone’s idea of a bad ending can be quite different.
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Yes, that is true. Although, these endings are cited generally as being poor although the books are very famous.
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I changed the ending of ‘Revenge’ when some readers were dissatisfied with it. However, I soon learned that you cannot please all the people all the time, and stopped trying to.
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Yes, you are right. Some people like the endings I don’t like, but not that many. I must look for Revenge.
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Off to check it out, Robbie. Still trying to get back in the swing!
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I can imagine. I’ve been on training for two days and I’m behind.
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A fine example of your knowledgeable wisdom, Roberta.
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Hi Tim, I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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Robbie, I liked reading what your five worst book endings were and why. This such a great topic, because the ending matters doesn’t it, if we want to write books. We need to know what doesnt work and ruins a perfectly good book until the end.
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Hi Bella, I think it does matter. Some books become famous despite a disappointing ending but for most of us, a bad ending will kill the book and reader relationships.
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Brilliant post Robbie .
I agree 😉 it really does make or break a book.
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Thank you, Maggie. That being said, I still like Captain Corelli’s mandolin.
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My pleasure Robbie.
I skipped that part as I have the book, but not read it yet 😉
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I know what you mean about the ending of a book; I’ve always felt a book (and movie) series needs to end on a strong note.
I actually liked the Harry Potter ending, but that’s just me.
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Hi Andrew, that is fine. My sons both liked the ending of HP. Maybe I’d tired of HP by the time the last book came out. Strong endings are nice but I still appreciate a good book even if the ending is disappointing.
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Hi Robbie: I read most of those books but can’t recall the endings: that is a judgment it itself ; but I love your fondant clown and spider: you EXCEL at this craft 🙂
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Hi John, thank you. I haven’t done much fondant art this year because I’ve been painting. I do plan to create a giant gingerbread house for Christmas though.
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Wow ! that will be something !!!!!!!
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I also hated IT. The book is huge, and after all that reading, the ending was just terrible. A giant spider? Come on.
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Haha, yes, I also didn’t like the spider. I do still like the book through, ending excluded.
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Yes, you’re right about that. It was a good read.
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I’m glad you also like King’s books. My favourite is The Shining. Scared me to death when I first read it.
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Absolutely! I’m thinking about reading On Writing. It seems like a good book about the art of writing.
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I have it but I haven’t read it yet. I have heard its very good
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Great, I’m adding it to my reading list.
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Great, I’ll read your review before I commit 🤣
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Funny, because I was thinking that since you already have it, I would wait for your take on the book before buying it. 🤦🏻♂️😂
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😂🤣
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Okay, heading over! Will leave my comment there.
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Thank you, Resa.
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Hi Robbie, heading over there now. 🙂
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