Endings

There is no single method of ending a story. Many writers don’t know how their story will end as they write the story and so the ending emerges as the story is revealed on the page. Other writers know how the story will end before they begin, and so they can focus on the resolution as they write. There is no right or wrong approach. Here’s some options:


Twist Ending
Readers are lead to believe that a story will end in a particular way, and then it ends in a different way.


Resolving Action
Sometimes the story ends with some final action that brings an end to the conflict, complete finality. A death etc


Ambiguous ending
Essentially, the writer crafts an ending in which the story ends, but the reader is left wondering what will happen next.

John Dean