Showing posts with label Ending the Stories You Write with Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ending the Stories You Write with Hope. Show all posts

Friday, October 21, 2022

Ending the Stories You Write with Hope, not just Happily-Ever-After


by Crystal Bowman

Everyone knows how fairytales end: And they all lived happily ever after. It’s the perfect ending for fantasy stories—where frogs turn into princes, and mice and pumpkins turn into horse-drawn carriages. Anything can happen in fantasy and fiction, where magical stories delight readers young and old. But in real-life stories, devotions, or realistic fiction, “Happily ever after” may not be the right way to end your story.