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This is the End!

Why are endings so darn hard to write? Ever read a great book with an ending that just infuriated you so much you wish you’d never read the book at all? Some endings can leave readers bewildered, or have too many questions unresolved. Others are just plain unsatisfying. All that build up, for THIS? Or always a favorite, the cop out ending. Even an average reader can tell when an author has written him or herself into a corner with no way out, and fixed it with a magic solution that has no believable explanation. Nobody wants to be THAT author–the one who leaves readers hanging, annoyed, rolling their eyes, or even completely pissed off. By contrast, a great ending will have your readers raving about your book to their friends, and make them hungry for your next book. So yeah, there’s a lot of pressure to come up with that perfect end to the story you’ve already poured your heart into.

I’m feeling that pressure right now as I finish up the last couple pages of my WIP. What makes a good ending anyway? Read this week’s edition for a few key points to consider as you approach the end of your story, and for other great information.

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How To Murder Your Good Ideas

Life is an amazing journey if you choose to do more than survive each day. As we walk beneath the canopy, facing the back and forth of everyday opinions, we are constantly challenged to adopt the beliefs and feelings of others.  In fact, we may often find that the greatest social disgrace is not accepting the most popular opinion, or not having an opinion at all! What we believe, how we feel, and what we perceive to be worth thinking about is constantly in question, ridiculed by those surrounding us. For writers, we also do this to ourselves.

Again and again, I have started a book with an inkling of an idea and an image only to make it fifty pages and decide to start over. I may have developed the perfect setting, the perfect characters, and the perfect plot. Though, there is something about the story being written which mirrors what readers would expect. When writing this way, the writing can appear to be…well, writing…

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Go Weird or Go Home

Fantasy literature provides a platform for the writer to do anything. Anything at all. The writer starts with the core of reality and builds. This core of reality is like an eternal—internal—spring and from its flowing waters, the writer can grow anything. And yet, so much fantasy looks like so much other fantasy. Whyyy?

Embrace the wide open openness of the genre. A writer has the power of world building, lore and legend, magic, and creatures galore. You can alter time and space, step into alternate dimensions, and challenge universal laws. You are beholden only to that which you yourself create. Go big. Dream weird. Be original.

Joshua Robertson

Read more of this week’s Fantasy Fix, featuring an article from J.C. Boyd on how poetry can make you a better writer of prose.  If you’re not yet subscribed, check it out.

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I’ve got spring fever downunder…

Technically speaking, autumn has just begun here in Australia. I live in the subtropics, however, and autumn feels more like a second spring. Or maybe it’s because I’m originally from the US, and I’m used to spring being just around the corner.

Who knows?

All that I know is for some odd reason, despite the fact that I hate cleaning, I always get in the mood for spring cleaning this time of the year. I want everything to feel fresh and new! Not just my house, but…well, everything.

That’s why I tend to change the way I do things. Last year, I revamped my entire website, and I’m up to it again…

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Inspiration for works of fantasy can come from many sources, and each author has their own. Author Joshua Robertson draws on the mythology of his Slavic ancestry, while Renee Scattergood uses shamanism as a source of magic for her book series.

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