December 4 question - Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader?
Who, me, write cliffhangers?
Guilty as charged!
With the way my brain works, it would be hard not to write cliffhangers.
Are cliffhangers a turnoff to me as a reader?
No. I'm fine with them, although I hope there's another story to follow.
Ornery Owl
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I don't mind a good cliffhanger! Have a Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThanks, you too.
DeleteI'm fine with cliffhangers in a series. I know a lot of people don't like them. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to pull the trigger on the third book in my Tales From the Dreamlands series for a couple of years now. It ended on a cliffhanger. Of course since I don't think anyone read it anyway, it probably doesn't matter.
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ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI like cliffhangers, too. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one.
DeleteFrankly, cliffhangers don't work for me. As a reader, I want my stories finished. And a writer, I do the same. I finish my stories before I offer them to anyone to read.
ReplyDeleteWell, I suck and nobody reads what I write anyway, so I write how it works for me.
DeleteI invite everyone who writes perfect outlines and writes perfect stories and never ends their stories ambiguously to come live in my brain with its nonstop chatter and endless trap doors of self-doubt and anxiety and swamps of self-loathing to get mired in. The fact that I'm able to do anything but curl up in a fetal position sucking my thumb sometimes impresses even me. Don't judge me for doing what keeps me functioning. It's not like you were going to read it anyway.
DeleteWe're never going to please everyone with our creations, so I say do what the story and your heart demand! @samanthabwriter from
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