{"id":15793,"date":"2009-09-12T12:02:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T18:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15793"},"modified":"2009-09-12T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T18:03:11","slug":"starting-and-ending-a-story-the-elementary-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/12\/starting-and-ending-a-story-the-elementary-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Starting and Ending a Story (the Elementary Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notes from Katherine&#8217;s writing journal:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>9\/8 How storys start<\/p>\n<p>1. sound (clang)<br \/> 2. queston (Have you ever been to gorgtown<br \/> 3. Conversation (All abord<br \/> 4. Setting (build it)<br \/> 5. Details. Backround<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a lot of stories &#8212; stuff that&#8217;s actually published &#8212; all the weaker forgetting those ideas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>9\/11 Story Endings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Good story needs a good ending.<\/li>\n<li> Know ending before beginning<\/li>\n<li> You need to have a strong ending.<\/li>\n<li> Do not add somthing new to the end.<\/li>\n<li> Leave the reader hanging.<\/li>\n<li> Make the ending the best part.<\/li>\n<li> In a seiras let book X lead into book Y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, some great advice. A lot of books by a lot of authors (many of whom I respect) suffer from a poor ending. Which you can tell because it&#8217;s always the second or third thing people mention about it. &#8220;I loved this book, though the ending was sort of abrupt \/ weak \/ a let-down.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes from Katherine&#8217;s writing journal: 9\/8 How storys start 1. sound (clang) 2. queston (Have you ever been to gorgtown 3. Conversation (All abord 4. Setting (build it) 5. Details. Backround I&#8217;ve seen a lot of stories &#8212; stuff that&#8217;s actually published &#8212; all the weaker forgetting those ideas. 9\/11 Story Endings Good story needs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/12\/starting-and-ending-a-story-the-elementary-edition.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Starting and Ending a Story (the Elementary Edition)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-daze","category-writing-and-language"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/12\/understanding-the-mid-credits-ending-scene-in-the-avengers.html","url_meta":{"origin":15793,"position":0},"title":"Understanding the mid-credits ending scene in &quot;The Avengers&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 12-May-12 8:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"SPOILERS. 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