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Reth
May '22

not a good or bad ending

a perfect one

bad ending can also be a perfect ending
and sad ending doesn't mean bad ending

a perfect one

where everything tied up?, where every mystery solve?, where there is no more plot hole?, no rushing?

what is a perfect ending in your mind?

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TheDoublekey
May '22

Well to me, a perfect ending is an ending in which every piece of the puzzle ties together. Everything must make sense: every single plot thread must be concluded and every doubt must be cleared. Also, every single character arc should be pretty much resolved.

An ending should be satisfying and leave you with a sense of completeness. It doesn't need to be a happy ending; it can be bittersweet as long as everything comes full circle, at least to me.

fsarbolaez
May '22

Solutions have been applied to all the major problems, which are now well on their way to being inevitablely repaired. Vengeance sated, justice served, lessons learned, any relations that needed mending or breaking has been reached. With all affairs in order, the main character packs everything and heads off to explore and experience a new/the final chapter in their life, which we will not be present to witness. The story that had to be told is done.

KeinanX
May '22

A perfect ending is pretty much all the questions that you've filled up in your series being answered in a satisfying way. All the conflict and Stakes being resolved, and your characters developing by accomplishing what they set out to do. That's what I think anyway.

BoomerZ
May '22

The perfect ending is when the story has been told. Loose ends don't have to be tied up, every plot hole fixed. The main story has reached its conclusion.

TheLemmaLlama
May '22

I guess it needs 'thematic' closure, if not literal closure of events. There are good unresolved endings and bad unresolved endings and it's hard to put your finger on the difference, but if I had to try I guess bad unresolved endings feel abrupt and like there should be more to come, while good ones feel organic and you want it to continue, but you can't exactly think of another way you'd rather it end either. The kind of ending that leaves your brain pacing back and forth after you finished it, that makes you unable to focus on anything else until you've stared into space for a few hours and let the post-story ennui run its course

EncryptedWriting
May '22

For me, I like an ending that really closes the book. If it is part of a series and you're on book one, I like to see a lil spook in there, a cliff hanger. Like something is wrong and maybe the MCs haven't figured it out yet.

For me, I actually like happy(ish) endings. Sometimes I'll make it a happy-sad moment, where it is good in reality but sad in the moment. Per example, MC in my last novel lost her mom, but she got to see her go to heaven for the last time.

In the one I am writing right now, I won't spoil it, but I would say that the ending won't be rushed. Rather, I plan on making sure that things are settled, every situation has an end. From side characters/stories to MCs and their endings, I want to make sure there is a wrap on everything and there are no questions to be left (besides hypothetical ones where the readers have theories on certain aspects).

bronte448
May '22

There is no one perfect ending, but I like all the stories I create to have happy endings.

NickRowler
May '22

Maybe I am in the unpopular opinion, but I sort of prefer endings that are sort of creepy and ambiguous. Like the ending to Blade Runner (Director's Cut) or I Robot. Give the audience something to think about when they are finished watching/reading.

Lensing
May '22

The good thing is that this is different for every story but the perfect timing is when you have the feeling
that this episode is finished and told and a new adventure can start.
The planet is saved, the princess gets married, Walter White is dead, Lucky Luke is riding into the sunset, Rocky won.

The ending of Ozark sucked, I hated it

Fafnir
May '22

Have you read "the first law trilogy?" By joe abercrombie
The ending sucked in alot of ways, it was not satisfying. Almost no character got what they wanted. But It came full circle just perfectly, and I still think about it alot. So it was, I would say, a perfect ending. Hopefully that doesn spoil it too much.

xkdeSskf
May '22

The main character undergoes character development and becomes a person who feels like life is worth living. Then make them super op and have the next generation look up to them. Slow it down when we progress into the future. That's my way of a perfect ending.

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