#endings — Public Fediverse posts
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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The Nine Endings of Star For Command
This post contains spoilers for the various endings of Star Fox Command.Old... man? (Images in this post come from vgmuseum)
The always-excellent Hardcore Gaming 101 is currently working through the Star Fox series, due to the well-received remake of (the remake of) Star Fox 64, still generally regarded as t
https://setsideb.com/the-endings-of-star-for-command/
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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Use Literary Devices to Propel Readers Past Chapter Endings
In my last post, I discussed why chapter endings can be tricky (because they provide a natural stopping point for readers) and how to counteract that. By using a variety of endings—cliffhangers, something unexpected, a goodbye, comforting closure—you can end a chapter in a way that sustains momentum and encourages readers to keep reading. But...
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https://medium.com/the-story-well/the-psychology-of-endings-and-beginnings-3e3537bf5bef
The Psychology of Endings and Beginnings
#collapse #beginnings #endings #renewal #medium #storytelling #fiction #life #lifelessons
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https://medium.com/the-story-well/the-psychology-of-endings-and-beginnings-3e3537bf5bef
The Psychology of Endings and Beginnings
#collapse #beginnings #endings #renewal #medium #storytelling #fiction #life #lifelessons
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11 Chapter Endings to Keep Readers Turning Pages Part 1
As authors, we give a lot of attention to our openings—where to start the story, polishing the first pages—because they’re important for pulling readers in. But what about endings, particularly chapter endings? Chapters are necessary because they break the text into chunks and make it more manageable for readers. The problem is that chapter endings...
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11 Chapter Endings to Keep Readers Turning Pages Part 1
As authors, we give a lot of attention to our openings—where to start the story, polishing the first pages—because they’re important for pulling readers in. But what about endings, particularly chapter endings? Chapters are necessary because they break the text into chunks and make it more manageable for readers. The problem is that chapter endings...
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What does it take to stop on purpose?
Movement culture, creator culture, work culture — most of what we celebrate is not stopping. Persist. Endure. Show up. Don’t quit. The people we admire are usually the ones who kept going.
This thread is about the other half. Knowing when to stop. Stopping on purpose. Refusing what you could endure but shouldn’t. Walking away from something good because it’s done.
Mostly my own writing on the practice of finishing — what’s changed about my work-ethic dial, how I think about endings now versus a decade ago, what happens when you stop while you still want more. Two field notes from the movement and podcasting worlds where the same lesson surfaces from different angles. And a closing piece on the only ending we don’t get to choose, and what it tells us about all the others.
Learning to stop
7 for Sunday — July 2025Open with the case. “In passion, stopping feels like quitting—you want to go on. In persistence, it feels like relief—let me out!” And from Tolstoy: stop talking when there is nothing more to say. The skill isn’t endurance — it’s defining “done” so it doesn’t include all the things that need doing.
Reformed Hustle
7 for Sunday — August 2025Where I’m coming from. “There was a time, not too long ago, when I had the work-ethic, grit, determination, bull-headed dial twisted to 11.” I now think a lower setting would be better. Not because effort doesn’t matter — it does — but because “I thought hard work made something important.” It often didn’t.
The harder thing
Movers Mindset Field Note — with Elet HallMovement culture has words for people who keep going — dedicated, brave, committed. It does not have a good word for people who stop on purpose. After a near-miss on American Ninja Warrior forced a reckoning, Elet walked away. The reframe: “Strength of character is less about what you can endure and more about what you’re willing to refuse.”
What the ending was for
Podtalk Field Note — with Kira HiggsKira made a podcast with ten episodes and stopped — because ten was the number she chose before she recorded the first one. The ending wasn’t a concession; it was the architecture. “I have no idea how to stop,” I said in the conversation. Hers is a different model: design the shape first, including the end, and the depth becomes possible inside the container.
Leave Before You’re Done
Open + Curious Field Note — with Jesse DangerThe mechanism. “Stop eating when I want to eat a little bit more, stop talking when I want to talk a little bit more, stop training when I want to move a little bit more — so that I’m actually left in the wanting of it.” The conversation talked to exhaustion doesn’t end — it dies. The one you leave early keeps giving.
I know what to do
7 for Sunday — September 2024The hardest part of stopping isn’t the stopping. It’s the moment of clarity that comes before — “liberating because there’s no more wondering… terrifying because now you have to actually do it.” Knowing creates responsibility. Whatever you choose in that moment — to act or not — defines who you are.
Stories in the end
7 for Sunday — January 2025The closer. The one ending nobody talks themselves out of. Reading obituaries, the pattern is always the same: it isn’t achievements that get remembered, it’s presence. “Not your accomplishments, but your character. Not what you did, but who you were.” The smaller endings rehearse the only one we don’t get to choose.
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What does it take to stop on purpose?
Movement culture, creator culture, work culture — most of what we celebrate is not stopping. Persist. Endure. Show up. Don’t quit. The people we admire are usually the ones who kept going.
This thread is about the other half. Knowing when to stop. Stopping on purpose. Refusing what you could endure but shouldn’t. Walking away from something good because it’s done.
Mostly my own writing on the practice of finishing — what’s changed about my work-ethic dial, how I think about endings now versus a decade ago, what happens when you stop while you still want more. Two field notes from the movement and podcasting worlds where the same lesson surfaces from different angles. And a closing piece on the only ending we don’t get to choose, and what it tells us about all the others.
Learning to stop
7 for Sunday — July 2025Open with the case. “In passion, stopping feels like quitting—you want to go on. In persistence, it feels like relief—let me out!” And from Tolstoy: stop talking when there is nothing more to say. The skill isn’t endurance — it’s defining “done” so it doesn’t include all the things that need doing.
Reformed Hustle
7 for Sunday — August 2025Where I’m coming from. “There was a time, not too long ago, when I had the work-ethic, grit, determination, bull-headed dial twisted to 11.” I now think a lower setting would be better. Not because effort doesn’t matter — it does — but because “I thought hard work made something important.” It often didn’t.
The harder thing
Movers Mindset Field Note — with Elet HallMovement culture has words for people who keep going — dedicated, brave, committed. It does not have a good word for people who stop on purpose. After a near-miss on American Ninja Warrior forced a reckoning, Elet walked away. The reframe: “Strength of character is less about what you can endure and more about what you’re willing to refuse.”
What the ending was for
Podtalk Field Note — with Kira HiggsKira made a podcast with ten episodes and stopped — because ten was the number she chose before she recorded the first one. The ending wasn’t a concession; it was the architecture. “I have no idea how to stop,” I said in the conversation. Hers is a different model: design the shape first, including the end, and the depth becomes possible inside the container.
Leave Before You’re Done
Open + Curious Field Note — with Jesse DangerThe mechanism. “Stop eating when I want to eat a little bit more, stop talking when I want to talk a little bit more, stop training when I want to move a little bit more — so that I’m actually left in the wanting of it.” The conversation talked to exhaustion doesn’t end — it dies. The one you leave early keeps giving.
I know what to do
7 for Sunday — September 2024The hardest part of stopping isn’t the stopping. It’s the moment of clarity that comes before — “liberating because there’s no more wondering… terrifying because now you have to actually do it.” Knowing creates responsibility. Whatever you choose in that moment — to act or not — defines who you are.
Stories in the end
7 for Sunday — January 2025The closer. The one ending nobody talks themselves out of. Reading obituaries, the pattern is always the same: it isn’t achievements that get remembered, it’s presence. “Not your accomplishments, but your character. Not what you did, but who you were.” The smaller endings rehearse the only one we don’t get to choose.
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Not everything is meant to last. Find out more at https://spells4me.com/
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Just because things come to an end doesn't mean it has to be tragic.
Don't let the fear of goodbye ruin a happy ending.
#inkairiah #endings #facingfears #littlejoys not #crisis #humility
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Yesterday, I wrote for probably eight hours and happily typed two words I'm fond of: THE END. The only thing is, the middle has an entire sequence yet to be written. Sometimes I can't wait to write the ending of my novel. It's exciting, so I do it before writing the interior. Does anybody else do that? I'm 80% there. Yay! #writing #writer #writingCommunity #writersofMastodon #writersLife #writersCoffeeClub #author #authors #indieAuthor #authorLife #books #bookstodon #bookLovers #book #writtenWorks #written #feelingit #endings #fiction #storytelling #story #eyes #image #images #teaser #scribesAndMakers #mastodon
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Yesterday, I wrote for probably eight hours and happily typed two words I'm fond of: THE END. The only thing is, the middle has an entire sequence yet to be written. Sometimes I can't wait to write the ending of my novel. It's exciting, so I do it before writing the interior. Does anybody else do that? I'm 80% there. Yay! #writing #writer #writingCommunity #writersofMastodon #writersLife #writersCoffeeClub #author #authors #indieAuthor #authorLife #books #bookstodon #bookLovers #book #writtenWorks #written #feelingit #endings #fiction #storytelling #story #eyes #image #images #teaser #scribesAndMakers #mastodon
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How to Create a Consistent Story Tone (And Why It Matters)
We might define your story’s tone as its attitude. More than that, it’s a guide for audiences to help them determine their own attitudes while engaging with your story. Tone tells audiences how to experience the events unfolding on the page. As such, you have to set your story’s tone right from the beginning. Is […]
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How to Create a Consistent Story Tone (And Why It Matters)
We might define your story’s tone as its attitude. More than that, it’s a guide for audiences to help them determine their own attitudes while engaging with your story. Tone tells audiences how to experience the events unfolding on the page. As such, you have to set your story’s tone right from the beginning. Is […]
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The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music, also, it is fulfilled in each moment of the course. You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meaning of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.
Alan Watts (1915-1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
The Wisdom of Insecurity, ch. 7 “The Transformation of Life” (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/81949/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #dance #endings #journey #living #meaning #meaningoflife #music #path #purpose
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The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music, also, it is fulfilled in each moment of the course. You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meaning of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.
Alan Watts (1915-1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
The Wisdom of Insecurity, ch. 7 “The Transformation of Life” (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/81949/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #dance #endings #journey #living #meaning #meaningoflife #music #path #purpose
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How I Think The Simpsons Will End
It’s hard to imagine a world without The Simpsons. For decades, this animated yellow family from Springfield has been part of the cultural bloodstream, weaving itself into our collective consciousness. It’s more than just a show — it’s a time capsule of changing eras, a satire of American life, and, somehow, a story that keeps going. But one day, inevitably, it will have to end. And when that happens, I don’t think it’ll be some wild apocalypse, or some weird “it was all a […] -
What can we expect from Oni Press in December 2025? https://popgeeks.com/oni-press-december-2025-solicitations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #OniPress #ComicBooks #Endings #HorrorStories #SciFi
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The Glorious Task of Ending a Trilogy or Series
Award-winning author and arts advocate Patricia Leavy breaks down how to end a trilogy or novel series that readers will love and appreciate.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/the-glorious-task-of-ending-a-trilogy-or-series#Plot #WriteBetterFiction #EndingABookSeries #endings #novelendings
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The Glorious Task of Ending a Trilogy or Series
Award-winning author and arts advocate Patricia Leavy breaks down how to end a trilogy or novel series that readers will love and appreciate.
The post The Glorious Task of Ending a Trilogy or Series appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/the-glorious-task-of-ending-a-trilogy-or-series#Plot #WriteBetterFiction #EndingABookSeries #endings #novelendings
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New blog post: Typepad Shutdown Announcement https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/08/typepad-shutdown-announcement.html
Exporting and archiving now - will be on the hunt for a new platform to host the blog. Recommendations appreciated!
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New blog post: Typepad Shutdown Announcement https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/08/typepad-shutdown-announcement.html
Exporting and archiving now - will be on the hunt for a new platform to host the blog. Recommendations appreciated!
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How to Pair Your Book’s Beginning and Ending to Satisfy Readers
Okay, fair warning—what you’re about to learn in this article might spoil movies, TV shows, and books for you forever. BUT—as a writer, you have to peel back the mechanics of story to understand how to make your book awesome, so even if you hate spoilers…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/08/pair-your-books-beginning-and-ending/#Endings #Openings #Plotting #ResidentWritingCoach #StoryStructure
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How to Pair Your Book’s Beginning and Ending to Satisfy Readers
Okay, fair warning—what you’re about to learn in this article might spoil movies, TV shows, and books for you forever. BUT—as a writer, you have to peel back the mechanics of story to understand how to make your book awesome, so even if you hate spoilers…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/08/pair-your-books-beginning-and-ending/#Endings #Openings #Plotting #ResidentWritingCoach #StoryStructure
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Endings are beginnings. When things fall apart, as they inevitably do, compassionate insight is the best guide forward, www.compassmethods.com. https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=HT4ySxV48ZH5YXvi #mentalhealth #endings #guide #compassion #wisdom
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Nothing lasts forever
#history #London #Photography #hair #AbandonedPlaces #endings
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Ten of Swords: What Does The Ten of Swords Mean?
When the Ten of Swords appears in a Tarot reading, it’s time to confront endings, betrayal, and the need for release. The Ten of Swords is a card of painful conclusions, betrayal, and the inevitability of change. Depicted as a figure lying face down with ten swords in their back, often under a dark sky with a glimmer of light on the horizon, this card represents… https://tarotsway.com/2025/04/12/ten-of-swords/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TarotReading #TenOfSwords #TarotCards #Betrayal #Endings
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How to Complete a Poem: A Mini Survey
Award-winning author Amy Gerstler conducts a mini survey of working poets to get a sense of how they complete the poems they write.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-complete-a-poem-a-mini-survey#WriteBetterPoetry #endings #howtowriteapoem #PoetryCraft
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How to Complete a Poem: A Mini Survey
Award-winning author Amy Gerstler conducts a mini survey of working poets to get a sense of how they complete the poems they write.
The post How to Complete a Poem: A Mini Survey appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-complete-a-poem-a-mini-survey#WriteBetterPoetry #endings #howtowriteapoem #PoetryCraft
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Make Readers Buy Your Next Book
I’ll tell you how in the second workshop in the Quick & Dirty Craft Series. There are some simple things every writer can do to make their endings stronger, and I’ll explain that in this short class. Find out more here or watch the video below.
https://kriswrites.com/2025/03/23/make-readers-buy-your-next-book/#OnWriting #classes #Endings #OnlineClass #QuickAndDirtyCraft
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Make Readers Buy Your Next Book
I’ll tell you how in the second workshop in the Quick & Dirty Craft Series. There are some simple things every writer can do to make their endings stronger, and I’ll explain that in this short class. Find out more here or watch the video below.
https://kriswrites.com/2025/03/23/make-readers-buy-your-next-book/#OnWriting #classes #Endings #OnlineClass #QuickAndDirtyCraft
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5 More Ways to End a Story - There are lots of ways to end a story in a satisfying way. Here are just a few.
#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #AmWriting #Tips #Endingshttp://georgelthomas.com/2021/07/27/5-more-ways-to-end-a-story/
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5 Ways to End a Story - There are lots of ways to end a story in a satisfying way. Here are just a few.
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Tree Sacrifice Day, after worshipping the end of the Natural Year it's time to ritually dismember and cast out the Old Tree in the hope that Spring returns.
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https://blog.echoingfrog.ca/what-was-and-what-will-be-a-year-in-review
Last day, year gone by
Cold morning, sunrise shy. Hopes
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#dailyhaikuprompt
#haiku
#poetry communityThe wheel keeps turning
no #endings, no #beginnings
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#dailyhaikuprompt
#haiku
#poetry communityThe wheel keeps turning
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This was inspired by seeing the cat take over the dog's bed last night. The dog came in, took one look and decided the couch looked comfier anyway (and he figured he wouldn't get in trouble because how could he possible get on his bed with such a terrifying creature taking over basically the entire thing :D
I'm also trying to get back into writing creatively a bit more, so hopefully I'll post some more like this in 2025!
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"Dog's dominance ends
Scared of little white fluff ball
Small sharp slashing claws"#endings #Haiku #Poetry #AmWriting #DailyHaikuPrompt
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I'd like to go
To the place where
Hopes and dreams
Die
And love
Lives forever,
And slow
Dance with you
As the sun sets
Stretching
Time out along the horizon,
Enumerating once and future possibilities#poem #poetry #writing #love #dreams #losthorizons #endings #time #breakup #sad #sadpoem #sadpoetry #brokenheart #melancholy
