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The awesome co-hosts for the September 4 posting of the IWSG are Beth Camp, Jean Davis, Yvonne Ventresca, and PJ Colando!
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Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
Remember, the question is optional
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
The awesome co-hosts for the December 4 posting of the IWSG are Ronel, Deniz, Pat Garcia, Olga Godim, and Cathrina Constantine!
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
Remember, the question is optional
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
Remember, the question is optional
December 4 question - Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader?
First of all, I apologize for my absence these past few months. I wish I had some crazy awesome excuse, but besides family, food poisoning, and my small little farm life, work has stretched me thin. As fast as my world is spinning, I'm still wrangling my dreams and taking time to feed the chickens and enjoy the holidays.
Now, on to this month's question...
Yes and no. Obviously, every story should pose a question. I believe you should answer your What if premise/question by the end of the book. What can I say? I like closure. Then why am I drawn to cliffhangers? However, leading your readers to the edge of a cliff, where the writing suddenly ends, isn't cool.
The size of your cliffhanger should resemble a small ladder not the overlook from, say, Angel's Landing. My adventurous oldest son has climbed this twice--once during a snow storm. Back to our dilemma: I need closure, but I always want to feel there's more to a story, like all those subtle cues and gut instincts were correct. The mystery continues. The plot thickens. Dun dun dun. And we better be not have to wait a year or more to discover major plot points in another book.
I hope this Thanksgiving finds you healthy and writing well-thought out cliffhangers that don't result in your fan base hunting you down with torches.
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The neighbor kitty likes to hang out in the mornings
I think your little farm life sounds charming. Maybe the cat is going after the chickens?
ReplyDeleteSorry about the food poisoning.
ReplyDeleteShort ladder good, Grand Canyon unacceptable.
Good authors don't make us wait more than a year.
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