Whenever I write a novel, I struggle with the end, should I make it open? Should the good win or the bad win? Sometime I don't even have an ending, what should I do?

Think of it, (as we introduce a new analogy) a trip. You do not get in the car and drive, or just go the airport and look for an airplane you can get on. You pick a desitnation, in this case you already have your starting point, its where you are, then you put a dot on a map where you are and where yo uwant to go and figure out how to get there by going through a series of questions

The actual plot of it is straight forward a guy from a small town knows the story behind a rich lady hitting a poor person with a car. The rest of the story tells you who this guy is, how he came to know about the accident, and what was happening behind the event.

Writing, like any art, like any science has techniques to it, the talent is not in learning the techniques , the artistry is in combining those techniques into a way that captivates the audience for as long as you have their attention ( I stole that from West Wing too)

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So you are going to write a story, So the first thing is to decide a thesis and how it ends, in some conclusion that proves your thesis. Whether you make it explicite like Poe or bury it . It does matter. Keep in mind even The Great Gatsby follows this formula. What hides it is Firzgerald is writing a couple thesis at the same time. Life is better on the island, Rich people are assholes, Rich people do whatever they want. No one is happy.

It is why I love Glass Onion, it tells you at the very beginning the entire mystery. I was so happy to find out I was write, and it is why I truly enjoy the satire it is.

Probably not starting with the ending like you should. This does not mean the ending you start with, will be the ending you actually end with. But you have to know where you are going to plot a trip.

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People usually walk away from Poe because they get more sophisticated in expectations. Poe , like all ficion is just like a non ficition essay. It is a thesis followed by supporting evidence that go into a conlcusion. Just like an essay you start with your thesis and conclusion done, then work out the big steps to get from the thesis to the conclusion, then you go in and put the small steps.

Mystery is done the same way, you start with the solution. X killd Y for ownership of the Dog. It is a shame Perry Mason is still not on the air. That show did it great, the entire “mystery” was presented basically in the opening scene, then about 20 minutes of all the stuff that does not matter followed by Perry pointing out it was all because the rude hot girl hit the farmer’s dog with a car.

NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE BEST HACK (PUN INTENDED) Take something and just change the names and places. Like the ironically point out in West Wing “good writers borrow, great writers right out steal” Do not worry once you start to change the details , you will have to change the characters for them to fit. It is the same logic as there are only seven plots in the universe and they are all in the Bible /Shakespeare.

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Want a none mystery same formula.

It is no different then saying “Hey I like Star Wars, just if I wrote this and this and this instead” If that all still seems cringy then just take a story from the newspaper and imagine the details about the people involved. That is more or less where Fitzgerald got the Great Gatsby. A traffic accident and his “friends” comments upon it.

Am I driving , if not , why not? How am I getting there? how much will it cost? how much does that leave me for a hotel? What am I going to do once I am there?

Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support. I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized. he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that. he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened. he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence. i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction. after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly. things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it. we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe … our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far? this has upset me so much its hard to even function.

What everyone does is read Poe as the fist introduction to Literature, what no one explicitely tells you is why. You read Poe because that is how you write fiction, its how fiction is written and its how to understand what fiction is.

It is because you are writing backwards, every wonder how can Mystery writers build a mystery, You start with the solution and work backwards, same with any story you start with the end.

So in a mystery you take the end, you then have to introduce x and y and the dog. Give people a reason to care about x and y and the dog. Then you need to have some one who has a reason to care who owns the dog and a reason to care about that person. You have a mystery.

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Read Poe or a book on essay writing. All fiction is , is an essay where you control all the facts. All you need is a thesis and an end. The rest is just like mapping a road trip, all the places you might want to stop and do something, Going Nebraska to LA, this takes us past a big ball of yarn, lets stop there eat and have a gander. We will spend the night in Alberque because need to sleep. etc. All a story is taking the audience from point A to point B. But you have to know what Point B is first.