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The books sat in the shadows, discarded and waiting for their fate… The Book Thief climbed through the window…
The writer stares out through the writing prompt window.
“Hey, Muse!”
“They all live happily ever after?”
“That’s an ending. Not a story.”
“Endings are important, Tannille. Game of T̶h̶r̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ Toilets finale… killed the series rewatch value. Bet the books on the table have diarrhoea endings too. Not even The Book Thief would touch ’em.”
“Maybe The Book Thief gives the crap to the naughty.”
“Kind of like Robin Hood and Santa having a love child.”
“Ew. And speaking of shitty endings, words are up…”
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This story is a 100-word challenge. I’ve been pondering this writing prompt image for a couple of days. Nothing came. Not even The Muse wanted to play — bitch!
The real inspiration for this story came from Stephen King’s “It”. I’ve just finished reading the door stopper for the second time. No novel needs to be over 1000 pages; talk about writer indulgence. The fantastic concept and characters couldn’t save the book from the criminal offence that is the ending. And no, I don’t just mean that weird kiddy lovin’ in the sewer incident that only King on coke would conjure.
Tannille 
I’ve read more than a few books which had promising beginnings but failed endings.
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It’s sad. I see endings as the new beginning. Readers will eventually reread the book if they are satisfied.
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Shake and shake the ketchup bottle. None’ll come and then a lot’ll
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Now there’s a flashback. No wonder they use the squeeze bottles now.
Thanks, N.
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Turned out pretty well after all ;-) Game of Thrones – I dunno. Maybe the fact I watched it years later and had zero expectations…
And um… Excuse me. You bitch about a book having more than a 1000 pages, but you RE-READ it? Who’s crazier? 😉
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Game of Thrones I loved. But season 8 left me salty. But it did teach me a lot about endings and how important they are.
Touche. I loved it when I read it over 20 years ago. I’ve learnt a lot about story telling since then. It could use an edit. 😄
Thanks, D.
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It did for most. It was a “hurry up and finish” kinda thing.
He he 😉 And re-reading many moons later, we have a fresh perspective 🙂
You know it, T.
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Yeah, those endings are hard to nail sometimes, and there’s no way to please everyone.
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That’s true. I think when the buildup is great, endings often fall flat.
Thanks, I.
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Sometimes, you have to write the ending before you start the story, it helps the muse focus. Keep writing.
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True. It’s a shame, endings don’t always come. I prefer to start with an ending in mind.
Thanks, J.
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Well done. Sometimes the endings are a fail, unfortunately.
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Endings can be tough to nail.
Thanks, A.
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Yes – endings. Always a problem. I like your cheeky Muse, and it’ll take me a while to get my head around Robin Hood and Santa. 🤔
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That’s an image I rather not have on my head 😄.
Thanks, M.
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how it will end is a good start for writing a story. :)
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The ending is the new beginning.
Thanks, P.
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I also have a few books, mostly long series, I invested a lot of time in and then… diarrhea ending.
It is very disappointing. Not your story though, that is fun. 😀
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Endings are important. Even a predictable ending can offer satisfaction. There seems to be a trend where stories have to end with a twist. But twists are hard to pull off because they need foreshadowing and need to stay true to the characters and story logic.
Thanks, G.
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Dear Tannille,
The muse was pretty ornery this week, wasn’t she? Writing a good ending is a challenge.
Shalom
Rochelle
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The muse is a fickle — or maybe she had sick kid or something. This was clever and fun.
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