Guys, wtf was I thinking? I'm approaching the end of the first draft of my first novel and the ending isn't coming together at all. What sounded like a good idea just doesn't make sense, my readers would throw the book down in a fit of frustration. And my original idea for an ending would just be a cheap trick.
What was I thinking? Why did I think I could ever do this?
What do I do? Talk me off the ledge, bros.
Merry Christmas.
just back away from it for a while and return to it later>>8882497
>>8882501
this.
SPAAAAAAACE GHOOOOOOOOOOST
Write it and your second draft shoulder allow you are fix it
>>8882497
Have the last chapter be a guy waking up and realizing it was a dream. And then have him jerk off in an artistic mannet using lots of adjectives
Better yet a Jamaican lesbian. Go for the Zadie Smith audience
>>8882501
And when return to it a month later, you will re-read and ask yourself
"WTF is this shit? Was I on drugs when I wrote this? This won't do at all! I have to redo it from scratch!"
And then the struggle repeats.
>>8882896
This is the worst shit you can do.
>>8882497
Real tip: go back through all the events of the book, find all the plotline threads that went unresolved, events that don't tie well within the story, unanswered questions, etc.
Try to tie as much of them together as you can in a coherent manner, unless there are specific ones you want to leave ambiguous. Try to tie them all to the main characters.
If your ending does not make sense, leave clues and hints through out the text that seem insignificant on their own, but make the ending not only possible, but plausible as well, so readers may look back and see how it all came to it.
can't tell you more than that without knowing the specifics.
>>8883221
>And then the struggle repeats.
I'm worried about that.
But the other stuff is good advice. I have some notes about stuff I'd like to go back and put in based on the ending. Things to make it more plausible.
Thanks, anons!
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We always the most critical of ourselves. what seems oversimplified or cliche to you may be clear and affirming to someone else.