I wonder whether we pay enough attention to the delicate time of transitioning from one thing to the next. Moving from playtime to bedtime can bring on a tantrum. Moving from one job to another… (more…)
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Writing Satisfying Conclusions
I love conclusions. I remember a friend saying that she dreaded coming to the final chapters of a novel because she couldn’t bear the story to end. I’m the opposite: I love the moment the story draws to a close; the conflict over; the exhausting seeking ended; the relationship resolved; the tears drying; the murderer found… [...]
Conclusions
A concluding paragraph is the reader’s bridge from your story back to their own lives. In this exercise you’re going to try to connect the two in some way.
Write a one-paragraph conclusion to a story that you haven’t written.
You’ll need to resolve the story you’ve imagined. Without reiterating the tale, or summarizing, you need to make the g [...]



