tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post2202531150021974827..comments2023-12-31T09:16:20.426-06:00Comments on ADVENTURES IN FICTION: The End?Keanan Brandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post-57095217548665909972009-04-28T00:03:00.000-05:002009-04-28T00:03:00.000-05:00Alex - Thanks!
Sometimes, I find myself writing ...Alex - Thanks! <br /><br />Sometimes, I find myself writing a neat ending, tying up all the loose threads, explaining everything, and that's when I know I have to go back and find the line where the story actually ends. <br /><br />I do the same with poetry, too, and heard a great piece of advice several years ago from another poet, who had received the advice from a former state poet laureate: Once you've finished the poem, fold the paper so the last stanza is hidden; what remains is the poem.<br /><br />Now, that method doesn't always work, but it sure helps.<br /><br />Phy - I think the ending will elude me until the actual end.<br /><br />Y'know, in writing essays and human interest articles, I came to learn the importance of the last paragraph, the final line, when I could wrap up the piece and introduce a new thought at the same time. I like it when fiction does the same: lets the curtain fall, but leaves me with a lingering idea that can also make the story linger.Keanan Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post-328037140488146032009-04-27T09:00:00.000-05:002009-04-27T09:00:00.000-05:00Knowing one's ending before one gets there is a do...Knowing one's ending before one gets there is a double-edged sword. The best endings are the ones we can't predict. Trapped, as we are, in a linear world, our endings somehow bring us back to where we started, only changed, transformed even. The trick is that the ending wouldn't have worked for any other person, and we must undertake the full journey for the ending to make sense. It is a paradox.Phyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308107138465049785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post-88261134862049136602009-04-26T17:10:00.000-05:002009-04-26T17:10:00.000-05:00Keanan, your humble opinion is also mine. We must ...Keanan, your humble opinion is also mine. We must endeavor to end as well as we begin. As writers, our readers will expect this, or cease to become our readers.<br /><br />Last lines in the Count is wonderful; it's about a clear and simple, yet profound an ending as one could hope for.<br /><br />Finde God pleased with thee, and thou hast a hook in the nostrils of every Leviathan.<br /><br />Best of luck with your ending. It's out there. : )Alexander Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348112043924940744noreply@blogger.com