The big finish ~

[Hypoxia]

The big... finish?

What, stories are supposed to end?

Is that a rule?

 

[sr71plt]

What, stories are supposed to end?

Is that a rule?

Not according to most of the readers.

 

[sr71plt]

It doesn't, nor is that any part of this discussion.

If you consider this a discussion, it was never relevant to Maia's original post to begin with.

JBJ, as he's done in other ways, is claiming credibility he has shown no right to claim.

I don't care.

If you wish to be led down a garden path, that's your problem.

You've missed my point because you've chosen not to consider what else I've said or implied.

There are far too many gullible folks on the Internet to try to save from themselves.

There are also far too many bullies on the internet to try reason with them.

I responded to the original posting. And then I responded to the manipulation of it. And then I responded to the original discussion again. That's the nature of Internet discussion boards.

Your posting is continuing the side discussion, not the original discussion, so you don't have a kick.

I got your point. You're easily fooled. Probably because you have grown up in the world of the Internet gaming rather than the world of common sense.

And if you didn't care, you wouldn't have posted to it, would you? Oh, wait, This is the world of the Internet gaming rather than the world of common sense, so of course you would.

 

[le_kitty]

I responded to the original posting. And then I responded to the manipulation of it. And then I responded to the original discussion again. That's the nature of Internet discussion boards.

Your posting is continuing the side discussion, not the original discussion, so you don't have a kick.

I got your point. You're easily fooled. Probably because you have grown up in the world of the Internet rather than the world of common sense.

And if you didn't care, you wouldn't have posted to it, would you? Oh, wait, This is the world of the Internet rather than the world of common sense, so of course you would.

You're funny Pilot. But I don't think you see the irony.

 

[sr71plt]

You're funny Pilot. But I don't think you see the irony.

I forgot to mention the bully business (and you're not being bullied if you are closing your ears and going lalalala anyway). Speaking of bullies, you haven't slipped over to see the sort of stuff JBJ posts to the GB and the Politics board, have you?

 

[le_kitty]

I responded to the original posting. And then I responded to the manipulation of it. And then I responded to the original discussion again. That's the nature of Internet discussion boards.

Your posting is continuing the side discussion, not the original discussion, so you don't have a kick.

I got your point. You're easily fooled. Probably because you have grown up in the world of the Internet gaming rather than the world of common sense.

And if you didn't care, you wouldn't have posted to it, would you? Oh, wait, This is the world of the Internet gaming rather than the world of common sense, so of course you would.

lol, you went back to edit your post to make it about gaming?

I have my own thoughts on gaming, but tell me how common sense has anything to do with gaming? If you don't know what you're talking about, I suggest you don't attempt to insult someone by sounding ignorant.

This is a generic article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201502/cognitive-benefits-playing-video-games

And if you want to dig deeper, I'm certain the research is there.

 

[sr71plt]

So, who is it now who insists on flipping away from the OP, le_kitty? You don't feel the least bit hypocritical now? Yours too is an Internet game, doll. Enjoy playing it solo.

 

[le_kitty]

So, who is it now who insists on flipping away from the OP, le_kitty? You don't feel the least bit hypocritical now? Yours too is an Internet game, doll. Enjoy playing it solo.

Oh believe me, I never claimed otherwise.

 

[SecondCircle]

Does anyone else have issues wrapping up their stories?

I know, it seems like 'the money shot' should be the end, but dang-it, sometimes it just needs more than that. A bow on the end to wrap up a theme or something.

I have two stories that I'm working on and just don't have any end in sight. I need to /end/ things but nothing feels quite right. I know I have a lot of story to tell but I feel like it's running too long! Girls gets boy but then xy AND z happen. Do I have to wrap everything up? It's erotica dangit!

(I also have this big hangup that if I don't have a good 'end' that my score is going to suck and I don't want to post the story....ugh....Performance anxiety! )


So, I'm looking for some help...pep talk....push to the finish.... a nice'ish resolution...something.

Depends. Man, so much "depends" in writing.

But to me it just depends on the story you've written. And what the general conflict is in the story.

Are you meaning to say that the story keeps meandering and going on and on? Or that you've accomplished the sex in the story and that there's not much more to say?

In any case an ending should fit the story. (I know, but what the hell does that mean, right? ) I've toiled with stories that were simply glimpses into people's sexual adventures. Strokers I guess. One is a 3 part series. It's a threesome between friends: a bisexual girl, a straight guy, and a gay guy. Happens after a drinking game that pushes them past their sexual preference limits. Now, being as it was "Drinking game - Teasing - Sex" it could have just ended at sex. Right? That's fine, but I went with something someone said earlier in the thread. I ended with a little midnight smoke break with the girl and one of the guys. They basically talked about how odd of an experience it was, being best friends and pushing each other past their limits the way they did.

Alright so this seems just like more talking and not an ending right? But it gave a kind of closing point to the story. The story focused on the oddity of these characters actually having sex. So this final discussion was the main character sort of feeling wierdly regretful about it all. The female character (bisexual) basically points out that human beings are sexually driven, and that labels and predisposed views on "who should do who" are just that. Labels. They realize that they had a wonderful time, and the main character has this kind if epiphany where he reexamines what his own idea of sexual preference is and finds a way to forget what society told him to think about liking men or women exclusively.

So that ending tied to the theme of the sex in the story. It "fit" with the rest of it, and sort of offered like "closing remarks" in a way. A conclusion.

I'd say if you are having trouble finding your ending, examine the rest of the story and go with your gut on what fits.

 

[49greg]

Does anyone else have issues wrapping up their stories?

I know, it seems like 'the money shot' should be the end, but dang-it, sometimes it just needs more than that. A bow on the end to wrap up a theme or something.

I have two stories that I'm working on and just don't have any end in sight. I need to /end/ things but nothing feels quite right. I know I have a lot of story to tell but I feel like it's running too long! Girls gets boy but then xy AND z happen. Do I have to wrap everything up? It's erotica dangit!

(I also have this big hangup that if I don't have a good 'end' that my score is going to suck and I don't want to post the story....ugh....Performance anxiety! )


So, I'm looking for some help...pep talk....push to the finish.... a nice'ish resolution...something.

I may not be much help, but here's my thoughts on ending a story.

The ending of the story has usually been a problem with me. Probably because I start my stories with an idea, a scene, maybe sex scene, maybe something else. So I start writing to get to that part.

I would like to end up with some kind of wrap up, a denouement of some sort, but not necessarily a sex scene. What I look for, but often don't achieve, is an end so everything in the story is wrapped up. Boy gets girl, happily ever after, or perhaps boy loses girl, heads off into the unknown whistling a happy tune, or pulling the revolver out of the drawer, loading the cylinder with one cartridge because that's all he needs.

Whatever lets the reader know that the story is done. Or, if the action will continue in the next installment, perhaps end the chapter with a cliff hanger.

I've tried to think up the end before I start writing, but with the way my stories change as I write them, the end I might have had in mind at the beginning might no longer be valid. I've got more than a dozen unfinished stories looking for a path to the end, so obviously I haven't got it down pat.

 

[GforGraham]

One story took me 5 years to finish. The ending is quite simple and complies with Chandlers maxim, IF YOU DONT KNOW WHERE TO GO, SHOOT SOMEBODY. And that's what happens. It got a green E.

I always start with a thesis and an ending (I often change). But I struggle with the in-between and making the plot points congruent with the end. What I do is leave the problem alone till a fix falls from the sky. It can take 5 years to happen, but usually happens same day. What we call our conscious mind is really only good for culling tomatoes and watermelons.

umm you don't even have a red H.

 

[Hypoxia]

[/snipe]

This again. Look, a story ends when it ends, or it doesn't, or I force it. My usual problem: too many possible endings. It's so hard to pick just one. Journal-type stories are easy because I know what will happen and there's always another episode. Other stories pop into my head as an ending; my challenge is to navigate there.

Sometimes I only establish a setting, a few plot points, and some players who do their thang and tell the story; I merely transcribe. And sometimes I must hammer a square ending into a round story just to finish the beast.

We really only need two words to finish any story:

The end.

But in a pinch, we can fall back upon:

To be continued.

 

[TxRad]

In one story, I just killed everyone and I do mean everyone off in the finial scene.

It didn't go over very well.