[stylist] Tragic endings?

[helene ryles]

Thanks for all your advice.

I think that the way things are going a tragic ending would be more natural.

I am however planning a sequal. In the sequal, the villian gets
killed. That too is inevitable.  I don't really need the main
characters from 'demon decentdants' in the sequal. There are already a
differant set of main characters.

Helene

On 03/04/2009, James Canaday M.A.  N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> helene,
> whether to have a tragic ending is one of those many choices the
> author must make.  tragedy can highlight the strength of a character,
> the value of something/someone lost.  what are the strings you want
> to tie up in the ending?  do you, as judith points out, wish to write
> a sequel?  and just what would make it  tragic as an ending anyway?
>
> do you as an author  have an interest in the "tragic ending" to
> highlight a particular emotional pressure in the story?  or some
> theme you wish to underscore?
>
> does the tragic ending, by contrast,  highlight some happiness
> elsewhere in the story?
>
> you shouldn't have a tragic ending, just to have one, in my humble
> opinion.  just like you shouldn't always default to a "happy ending."
>
> some stories/books I've read, the end was not so clear anyway.  the
> hero wins the proverbial battle while losing the proverbial war, for
> example.
>
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
>
> At 07:13 PM 4/2/2009, you wrote:
>>If you plan to write a sequel only you know how the book will begin
>>and what characters you need to be alive.  Endings are your
>>choice.  Some wonderful books have tragic endings.  Some leave the
>>reader laughing and everything else is somewhere in the
>>middle.  Only you know where your book is coming from and where you
>>want it to go to.  Judith
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "helene ryles"
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>>
>>>What do people think of sad/tragic endings?
>>>
>>>rounding off a story is difficult in any case. Some books I've enjoyed
>>>seem to spoil it a bit by creating superficially 'happy' endings that
>>>aren't very realistic.
>>>
>>>Should a writer always aim for a happy ending or is it better to let
>>>the events in the book take their natural course. Even if it involves
>>>some of the major good characters being killed or seriously wounded
>>>and the villans getting the power they were craving for?
>>>
>>>What about if a book with a tragic ending has a sequel where the
>>>Villans are eventually have to face up to their evil actions?
>>>
>>>Helene
>>>
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