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<blockquote data-quote="RageOfAngels" data-source="post: 77327161" data-attributes="member: 401677"><p>I've written 15 novels over the last 10 years. All of them aren't very good, but I've absolutely loved doing them. I've done 11 fantasy novels (wizards, witches etc.) and 4 kids novels about how a boy lives his life in context of his local church.</p><p></p><p>Regarding how to end a book, I agree. I always think of my books in three parts. The <strong>first </strong>part is setting up the scene, introducing characters and expanding the story. That takes a bit of time, and can be a bit difficult. The <strong>second </strong>part is the best part of the book, as anything can happen. Because it's the middle section I can bring in new characters, go off at a tangent or do something really off the wall. I really enjoy that. The <strong>third</strong> part is the most difficult when you have to bring everything together, making sure that all the loose ends are tied up and the book ends in an enjoyable way. My books tend to be really long (120,000 words) so it can be tricky trying to remember all the things that have to come together at the end.</p><p>The easiest book I wrote (in regards to the ending) was my fourth book, where I knew from the very first line where it was going to end. So maybe that's the best way to go for you? Have a definite clear ending, even if you don't know how it's going to get there. It will give you a focus as the story unfolds.</p><p></p><p>FOOTNOTE </p><p>My fourth book was a story with a twist in it. A group of travellers went off to find a book that was mentioned in an ancient scroll. In the end the ancient scroll was a prophetic scroll, and the book they were searching for was the book the star of the story was writing on the journey. I thought that was a fun idea.</p><p>I enjoyed it so much I used that sort of idea for my seventh book. A detective tries to solve a murder, only to find out at the end that he was the murderer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RageOfAngels, post: 77327161, member: 401677"] I've written 15 novels over the last 10 years. All of them aren't very good, but I've absolutely loved doing them. I've done 11 fantasy novels (wizards, witches etc.) and 4 kids novels about how a boy lives his life in context of his local church. Regarding how to end a book, I agree. I always think of my books in three parts. The [B]first [/B]part is setting up the scene, introducing characters and expanding the story. That takes a bit of time, and can be a bit difficult. The [B]second [/B]part is the best part of the book, as anything can happen. Because it's the middle section I can bring in new characters, go off at a tangent or do something really off the wall. I really enjoy that. The [B]third[/B] part is the most difficult when you have to bring everything together, making sure that all the loose ends are tied up and the book ends in an enjoyable way. My books tend to be really long (120,000 words) so it can be tricky trying to remember all the things that have to come together at the end. The easiest book I wrote (in regards to the ending) was my fourth book, where I knew from the very first line where it was going to end. So maybe that's the best way to go for you? Have a definite clear ending, even if you don't know how it's going to get there. It will give you a focus as the story unfolds. FOOTNOTE My fourth book was a story with a twist in it. A group of travellers went off to find a book that was mentioned in an ancient scroll. In the end the ancient scroll was a prophetic scroll, and the book they were searching for was the book the star of the story was writing on the journey. I thought that was a fun idea. I enjoyed it so much I used that sort of idea for my seventh book. A detective tries to solve a murder, only to find out at the end that he was the murderer! [/QUOTE]
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