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Your Novel Needs to Have an Open-Ending
If you’re considering it, you don’t need to try to fit into the “norms” of book writing
Nearly all stories follow the three-act structure: introduction, action, resolution.
What if you don’t want to give a clear resolution at the end of your book? Well, you find yourself in the minority group that is contemplating breaking the norms of writing to pursue our own creative achievement.
If you haven’t read any of my books, specifically Too Far Gone or You: A Novel in Verse, this is a forewarning that I will be discussing their endings. Both are different, yet carefully crafted to match each story.
As writers, we like to take our own liberties on our books. Sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t.
Nevertheless, the ending of our books can be the hardest but most exciting part to write. For readers, a bad ending could tarnish the entire experience for them. It puts immense pressure on us as writers to craft the perfect ending.
For example, we’re all still feeling the pain from the ending of Game of Thrones. They closed all loose ends and many even agree that the…
