Comments on: Oh Crap! The Ending!

By: 47whitebuffalo

47whitebuffalo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:15:41 +0000

ha—redeem the characters or not—get closure and move on, boyo–to your next adventure—unless you’ve become ‘addicted’ to these characters and hence your indecision is really an effort to NOT depart from the pleasures of their company…hhmmmm–only YOU trulyy know. LOL

By: Nathan H.

Nathan H. — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:48 +0000

hahaha…indecision I would say. Redeem the characters or not.

By: 47whitebuffalo

47whitebuffalo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:20 +0000

Is this true indecision or just creative perversity???

By: Nathan H.

Nathan H. — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:39:02 +0000

@47WB…I think so…at least today! Tomorrow I will have another one I am sure.

By: 47whitebuffalo

47whitebuffalo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:59:06 +0000

so, have you decided how ‘to end’ it all?

By: pajama momma

pajama momma — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:27:01 +0000

no doubt…I remember those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books as a kid.

Hah! I was going to bring those up, but you beat me to it.

By: jenniferneri

jenniferneri — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:12 +0000

Hmmm, if there is one thing to date in my writing that I have known, it is the ending. The road along the way, though is usually out of sight, except for glimmers here and there.

By: CathrynG

CathrynG — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:56:53 +0000

btw, great title for today’s post.

By: CathrynG

CathrynG — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:55:54 +0000

Someone usually slips off the metaphorical ridge and someone else dies.

I have a novel sitting in a drawer with an ending I hate. Some day it will come out and find a more satisfying conclusion.

No Country for Old Men is in my stack, I really need to move it up in the queue, thanks for reminding me.

By: Nathan H.

Nathan H. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:16 +0000

thanks JG…I guess that is what makes this fun.

I blame Cormac McCarthy right now!!! Do I want to have a sense of redemption, or let them wallow in misery.

I loved how McCarthy explained evil and violence in No Country for Old Men…he didn’t. He said, “It just exists, and there is no explanation”

Maybe my inner nihilist is coming out where I don’t want an explanation for the character’s circumstances…then I’m sure readers would be saying “uhhh…alright, I feel like crap now, thanks!”