Are you nearly finished writing your story? In this post, we look at five ways to ruin the ending of your novel, which you should avoid.
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You’ve sweated blood and tears over your novel.
It’s your baby. And now it’s time to release it into the world.
But you have a doubt. Did you nail the ending? Will the reader be blown away? Or will they wonder why they bothered to finish it at all?
Have you just ruined your great novel with a dud ending?
In Amanda Patterson’s excellent article on exercises for writing endings, she quotes Mickey Spillane: “Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.”
Obvious, but true.
The impression a reader will carry away with them will be formed more by the ending of your novel than anything else.
So how can you avoid the pain of writing your heart out, only for all your efforts to fall flat in the last pages? The answer is simple. Forearmed is forewarned. So here are 5 great ways to ruin the ending of your novel, so you don’t do the same.