[stylist] Tragic endings?

[John Lee Clark]

Cindy:

What book is that?

Last year I was astounded by a short story that appeared in RNIB's magazine,
Short Stories, available through NLS.  The story had no sex, wasn't about
money, and nobody died, and it had a very, very happy ending . . .  And it
simply blew my mind away.  I absolutely love that story.  Called "Hope and
Faith Fly Away."  Wow!  What an accomplishment to make a most stirring,
memorable, moving story that brought tears of joy to my eyes and without the
writer using any of the obvious props of the trade: sex, money, or death!
Not even high stakes.  But it worked!  

Are any of you getting the RNIB Short Stories?  If so, I'm sure you'll
remember this story.  When they started going through Raymond Carver'[s
collected short stories, I was really happy.  Carver is GREAT, a minimalist
master of the highest order!  If you're not getting the Short Stories, you
better request it now, or you'll miss the second half of Carver's stories!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of slery
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 6:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Tragic endings?

My very favorite book had me bawling the last three chapters. Even upon
re-reading it when I know what is going to happen it still pulls at my
emotions.

In fact, a tragic ending sometimes makes a book more memorable than a happy
everything worked out ending

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:14 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Tragic endings?
> 
> 
> 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" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:22 PM
> Subject: [stylist] Tragic endings?
> 
> 
> > 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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