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Ending A Piece of Fiction

October 17, 2025 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credit:  Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos.

Given last week’s post looked at Starting a Piece of Fiction, I thought it would be apt to write about ending the said piece of fiction. The beginning of a story has to set up interesting characters and a good premise to hook the reader in, but the ending must deliver on this.

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Endings in Fiction

February 11, 2022 By Allison Symes 7 Comments

Image Credit:  Most images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos though some are direct from Pixabay.

A story of whatever length has to have an opening which hooks the reader in but the closing line must deliver on the promise of the set-up at the start of the tale. Weak endings leave a reader feeling cheated (aka the “why did I bother reading that” scenario and no writer wants that).

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