This month in our informal hands-on workshop we will delve into a crucial aspect of short prose writing: how to best finish the short prose/story that you have written.
To illustrate: let's assume you've been reading and enjoying someone else's tale. How should the story end? Many of us know what we would like to have happen, depending on our personal world-view. Most people prefer happy endings - but some don't really care. Can you - and is it possible- to satisfy both factions? And more importantly, what do you want the reader to take away from from your story? Do you want people to know how YOU think the story should end, or leave it ambiguous, with room for speculation?
Said another way, are you willing to allow your readers to draw their own conclusions, or do you prefer to make the outcome perfectly clear?
To complicate matters, sometimes it's more effective to wrap things up, tying up all loose ends, and sometimes ..not so much. We'll explore the why and when of such conundrums in this workshop.
If this exercise intrigues you, join us on Thursday, June 25 at 2 PM in the library, and we'll try our collective hand at crafting the most effective, creative and powerful ways to end our stories.
***For this workshop, please bring paper and pen, and a story you have already written that you'd like to write a better ending for. ***
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