On Writing

“I think the best endings bring you back in, rather than close things off with absolute finality. I’m not saying they necessarily have to…

On Writing
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“I think the best endings bring you back in, rather than close things off with absolute finality. I’m not saying they necessarily have to be ambiguous, but we don’t always need to know what happens when everyone wakes up tomorrow morning.… When I start a story, I don’t know what the ending will be in advance. I very much believe in working organically — that is, I don’t know what the story will be or what’s going to happen.”

— T.C. Boyle

Via AdviceToWriters

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