[stylist] last chapter

[Judith Bron]

I was going to end my novel on a cliffhanger, but was advised against it. 
Instead, I have loose ends in the story, but the book comes to a conclusion.
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From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] last chapter


> Judith: Thanks for your advice.
> This is my second attempt at ending the book. I think endings are
> hard. A lot of books I really like have lousy endings.
>
> It was meant to end on a cliff hanger, with Madrella still out on the 
> loose.
>
> Helene
>
> On 04/11/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>> Helene, I read the last chapter.  The ending is open ended.  I understand
>> that you want to write a sequil, but the story itself has to come to some
>> sort of conclusion.  Question: Is Nadia wearing a frill dress like a 
>> young
>> girl symbolic of her immaturity?  That point isn't clear.
>> My advice is to put it away for awhile and come back in a month or two 
>> with
>> new eyes.  I've done that.  It helps a lot.  Judith
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