Endings... gah · 5:14pm Sep 5th, 2013
For all of you who have been trying to read my story, it has been slowing down. I don't just mean slightly, I mean massively. You're all probably getting tired of the wait. I know that I'd get tired of the wait if I was put through it, and it's mostly a problem that I have. I'm not going to just say that I'm not as inspired and leave it at that, but bring up one of the things that I feel is making this more and more difficult.
YOU! Right there, no, not you, the one to the left.
I jest, I jest.
The real reason is endings. I hate endings. They're just so final. Everything leads up to something that has to happen, and in the end that thing is bad or mediocre on 90% of occasions. Everyone has a mental picture in their mind of how they want it to end, and very few endings will ever measure up to what they think should have happened. And that's going on the idea that people are okay with it ending at all. While it might get boring, I think some people would just want spin off after spin off for their stories.
I hate endings as a writer, too.
Let's imagine I wrote a happy ending. Everyone comes together, except Fluttershy and Rarity whose story arc is over, and we all hug it out. I'm sure that would win me about 30 more thumbs up and a lot of people being happy. It'd likely also win me some hatred from people who feel that it came out of nowhere. A sad ending would be the same way. A neutral ending, I feel, would just deflate the story altogether. A lot of people will probably think that this reasoning is just bad, that I should write for myself and not for what my fans think.
If that was the case, I'd get paper and just start writing. Anyone who says they don't care at all what their fans say, no offense, is lying through their teeth. If people didn't care what others thought, they wouldn't put it up. That is just how I see it.
So now I'm slowly cobbling along, up to 1300 words so far, on the final chapter of a story. I have to take all of the threads so far, and I have to keep in mind everything I've written so far, and make an ending that isn't just flat out *buy some apple*. And I'm really trying to put as much effort I can into doing that, I just felt that you all deserved some sort of an update because you've been loyal this far.
An ending is a good thing if it done right. Many times a story just needs to know when to finish, and how to do it right.
Ever seen Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood?
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Yeah, I liked it.
1329815 THAT is how to finish a series.
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Okay, so there are a few good endings.
My point was more that endings (by and large) suck for everyone from the authors to the readers.
1329846 Rainbow and Spike will be together in the end.
It won't suck.
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Well, yes, but there are more characters than just them that I have to take into account. :P
1329865 I know. But I also know you will try your best.
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I always do try my best. But sometimes I feel like I kind of failed when I don't give an update a week.
1329880 You will only fail if you don't try at all.