Post Ac4MeBSqphNk3lgnWy by marquesedliddle@www.minds.com
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(DIR) Post #Ac4MGdAGC10L1JlKr2 by authorbrookeshaffer@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T14:49:36+00:00
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If it's in the middle of a series, for every question I answer, I want to pose two more. If it's at the end of a series, I at least want to make sure the important questions get answered, the major and major-minor plot points. Little things can sometimes go unanswered.
(DIR) Post #Ac4MeBSqphNk3lgnWy by marquesedliddle@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T15:10:53+00:00
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I much prefer to leave a reader with questions. Salt, Sand, and Blood ended that way, as does Wand Smoke: Broken.As I write more, usually shorter fiction, I've only leaned into this habit more. I want every story to close with the possibility of weaving another into it, forming a massive web over time.That being said, each story is still written to be self contained. I should say that I don't so much as leave the story open as I do add on an open thread at the end.
(DIR) Post #Ac4TZFr5mNDPuRcmbA by lordjestocost@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T15:47:02+00:00
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Wrap things up. I've even included old-fashioned epilogs as last chapters, telling what happened to some of the minor characters. I have enough trouble thinking of enough plot for one book, much less a series. I did reuse characters from an older book in my WIP. I didn't think of the two books as necessarily being in the universe, but it made sense given the progression of how they were written: * "Vats," short story with a sucky ending. Has an throw-away line about a character being a motorcycle picador in hyper-bullfights. * "Hyperbole," short novel about a reporter covering hyper-bullfights. * "Skin in the Game," novel with a slightly-modified "Vats" as the first chapter. Two minor characters from "Hyperbole" appear as minor characters.
(DIR) Post #Ac4TZP23eyKoN3pARM by antonyobeara@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T16:01:57+00:00
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I prefer to wrap things up, except for in my WIP, where I'm planning a series.
(DIR) Post #Ac4TZST6sqkx1pVJWS by NSonic79@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T16:29:29+00:00
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I like to leave some events, story arcs and questions left unanswered given some of them span multi-arc stories or the main series in the story arc altogether. I just hope the questions are strong enough to make readers want to know the answer.
(DIR) Post #Ac4V9uvWeaNNfZkCGG by sugarthyme@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T17:07:59+00:00
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I like to wrap up one major story point and introduce questions about the next one. For example, "Characters find and resolve an issue with X antagonist." "X antagonist leaves behind a clue about character Y, who may or may not have been working with him."
(DIR) Post #Ac57Nw1BBpfZMlV368 by asihart@www.minds.com
2023-11-22T19:33:02+00:00
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Plot-wise my works are intended to be self contained. The plots wrap up.However:Most of my works are mind-experiments, asking: "how would this pan out," posing some answers to this. Many are left, I am sure.A couple would leave a thinking reader asking "how would I fare in this situation?"And a bunch leave people thinking "what the hell did I just read?"