How do you write different ending of a story?

Answer 1

Many new authors think they have to have some kind of "catchy" beginning to "hook" the reader. This is true to a certain extent - you do need an interesting beginning, but you don't need to think of some sort of artsy-fartsy or way-out "hook." When you start your story, figure out where the action begins, and start there. If you start too soon, you end up with boring descriptions of what happens before the action starts - just skip to the action! - you can always toss in the description as a flashback or explanation if it's really needed later.

Many authors find that an outline helps them to figure out where to begin their story. If you list everything you're going to have happen in your story, you can look at and decide which part is the best part to begin with, and also decide where the story naturally ends.

The end of your story should be the point just beyond the climax (the part with the most action or suspense in it). Everything should be wrapped up or explained, and the character should be ready to go on to a new adventure or return to the way things were before the story began.

Here are some specific ideas to think about:

• Adventure Stories - start when the character starts their adventure, and end when the adventure ends
• Mystery Stories - start a little before the mystery happens and let the reader get to know the main characters and the setting, and end right after the mystery is solved
• Romance Stories - start right before the two characters meet and end once they resolve their issues and begin a new life together
• Horror Stories - start when the scary stuff begins and end when the characters are saved (or all killed if you're writing that sort of tale)

Sometimes it can be effective to start with an interesting and important episode without explaining anything, then skip to another character, place or time. In my opinion, endings shouldn't tie up all the loose ends; leave some things for the reader to wonder about. Never use the main storyline - tie up the main storyline, but you don't need to go into all the consequences. So did he actually propose? What happened to ___? Will he get away with it? Are they going to convict him?

Answer 2

First you should come off with something your reader won't suspect, like "And that was the day my cat died", or "The day my cat died...", or "Snot and Avocado was what my day was like"

OR, come off with a less wacky approach and start with a mystery or drama or something. Just don't get ahead of your reader by putting something that needs a lot of detail to explain and keep your talk minimal.

Answer 3

Endings are crucial. Period. Every genre of stories has a different ending, so you kind of need to know what your genre is. If you are writing fiction, like most, you need to follow these short, simple steps.

• Do not write plain THE END. This ending is good, but it has been used to the limit. Every reader will be confused if you need a magnificent story with a plain THE END. It will almost splatter the book.

• Do not write 'And they lived happily ever after'. This has also been used to the limit. Fairy Tales are an exception for this ending.

Fantasy, mystery, and most fiction end with a ending that makes you think, that was a good book.

The ending for these forms of stories have to be like a sign out, almost as if you are saying goodbye to someone dear.

Just wrap things up, get all the characters settled, and stop writing.

Answer 4

1. exposition on setting (The night was dark and stormy...)
2. exposition on character (She was a tall gorgeous blond with legs that went on forever.)
3. exposition on Plot (We went into Panama with guns loaded. I was number 5.)
4. establishing narrator (Hello my name is Charlie Gordon and Doctor Strauss told me...)
5. philosophy (It was the best of times it was the worst of times.)

• Dialogue
• • Argument - "GET OUT!"
  • Arrangement - "When shall we three meet again?"
  • Question - "Why is there a gun in your back pocket?"
• Description
• • Setting - On and on the road wound, to the edge of the world
  • Character - He sat at his desk, head in hands, wretchedness written on every line of his body
• Little bit of action that seems irrelevent but interesting at the start but will turn out to be vitally important

For a story, you need a slightly different sort of opening than you do for an academic paper, where you introduce your topic.

In a story, you need to introduce your character and/or your situation in a catchy way, so the reader will keep on reading.

Here are some tips:

1. Start in the middle of some kind of action - don't start off with the background, or the explanation, or a description! Start right in the thick of things, and you can add all the rest once you hook the readers' interests.
2. Show, don't tell - this means have your characters doing something, not just standing around talking!
3. Describe the action so that it makes a movie in the reader's head.

Here are some famous story openers - you can see how they catch your interest.

• Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. - Gabriel García Márquez
• If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. - J. D. Salinger
• Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.
• There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. - C. S. Lewis

You must start your story however you want to. You cannot write a story that some anonymous person on the internet decides is a good story. You're the writer! Write what you are interested in, because that's the only story you're going to want to write.

Answer 5

That all depends on the author and what direction they want to take with the story. Most stories start by introducing characters, the setting, and the plot, and end where all problems are solved.

Answer 6

Why anyone would want to write a story that begins at the end and ends in the middle I can't imagine, but I suppose it could be done. Starting at the end - or near the end - is possible, and is often done. For example, you might start with your heroine being involved in an awful auto accident, but you must not reveal whether she survived or not. Save that for the true end. This creates suspense and reader interest. It isn't really possible to write a story that ends in the middle, because the fact that it ends at all makes it the end, not the middle.

Answer 7

You use your imagination.

Read the story and then decide what else might have happened instead of what the author wrote. For example, what would have happened in Harry Potter if Neville had beaten Voldemort instead of Harry doing it? Or what would have happened in Star Wars if Luke had decided not to become a Jedi?

Answer 8

To write different endings for a story, consider the choices and consequences of the characters. Think about what could happen if they made different decisions or were in altered circumstances. Experiment with changing key events, character motivations, or the overall message of the story to create alternative outcomes.