Munday: And Then We Came to the End
1. Do your stories/RP arcs have endings? Or are they like sitcoms, incidents end but the story goes on.
Oh, I'm telling a certain self-contained (coupled with canon) story. Will the characters theoretically live out their lives after the final chapter/epilogue? Of course, but the story will be resolved, concluded, finito. Ack, fourth wall goes bendy ;S. Thing is, I definitely want to give my readers the strong and (hopefully) reassuring impression that my muse does live at the end of Binding Ties, that she and her sisters live long lives, and die as old women who have watched their children grow to adulthood. In the Charmedverse, and for my muse in particular, that's a big thing.
2. If you write trilogies/quartets/quintets etc. does each book have an ending of it's own?
I do try to have a mix of chapter ending cliff hangers and resolved ends, but it's really plot dependent.
3. How far ahead do you know how your book will end?
My story? I'm still figuring out the sequencing of the climax, but the resolution... well, actually, to say I've had it all figured out isn't true. Only recently did I seriously begin to consider what to do with Cole's soul, with his humanity, in the resolution.
4. Do you write happy endings? Or less so.
I write and believe in endings that are reasonably true-to-life, meaning true to the characters' motivations, development in the story for better or worse, and the real consequences of my plot. I'm the kid who liked how The Giver ended, let's put it that way. Uncertain, messy, but the main plot issue(s) resolved and a definite "there's some hope/muse is gonna be okay" type feeling. I just ... given how dark and messy the Charmedverse itself is, added to what Binding Ties brings, "happily ever after" doesn't fit.
5. Do you ever have trouble with endings? Which do you think is harder - Endings, or beginnings?
On the one hand, it is hard to get a ball rolling. On the other hand, dealing with the consequences of a vivid plot bunny ... whoa. I'm working with a bother of a middle at the moment.
Oh, I'm telling a certain self-contained (coupled with canon) story. Will the characters theoretically live out their lives after the final chapter/epilogue? Of course, but the story will be resolved, concluded, finito. Ack, fourth wall goes bendy ;S. Thing is, I definitely want to give my readers the strong and (hopefully) reassuring impression that my muse does live at the end of Binding Ties, that she and her sisters live long lives, and die as old women who have watched their children grow to adulthood. In the Charmedverse, and for my muse in particular, that's a big thing.
2. If you write trilogies/quartets/quintets etc. does each book have an ending of it's own?
I do try to have a mix of chapter ending cliff hangers and resolved ends, but it's really plot dependent.
3. How far ahead do you know how your book will end?
My story? I'm still figuring out the sequencing of the climax, but the resolution... well, actually, to say I've had it all figured out isn't true. Only recently did I seriously begin to consider what to do with Cole's soul, with his humanity, in the resolution.
4. Do you write happy endings? Or less so.
I write and believe in endings that are reasonably true-to-life, meaning true to the characters' motivations, development in the story for better or worse, and the real consequences of my plot. I'm the kid who liked how The Giver ended, let's put it that way. Uncertain, messy, but the main plot issue(s) resolved and a definite "there's some hope/muse is gonna be okay" type feeling. I just ... given how dark and messy the Charmedverse itself is, added to what Binding Ties brings, "happily ever after" doesn't fit.
5. Do you ever have trouble with endings? Which do you think is harder - Endings, or beginnings?
On the one hand, it is hard to get a ball rolling. On the other hand, dealing with the consequences of a vivid plot bunny ... whoa. I'm working with a bother of a middle at the moment.