{"id":27450,"date":"2023-08-25T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=27450"},"modified":"2023-08-24T04:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:10:38","slug":"five-ways-to-end-your-novel-by-laurel-osterkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/25\/five-ways-to-end-your-novel-by-laurel-osterkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to End Your Novel by Laurel Osterkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Five<\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back Laurel Osterkamp<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cFive Ways to End Your Novel.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Last month, I wrote about what not<\/i> to do when writing the ending of your novel.<\/strong> Today, my topic is on what you should<\/i> do before typing \u201cThe End.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endings should be emotional. They should surprise the reader, yet also seem inevitable.<\/p>\n

I believe that finding the \u201cright\u201d ending to your novel is innate<\/strong>, something you must feel, rather than think too hard about — and perhaps that isn\u2019t something that can be taught. That said, there are some strategies you can use. Effective endings might feature closure, finality, a twist, irony, or hope.<\/p>\n

I have examples below. Be warned: there are spoilers ahead!<\/p>\n

An Ending That Features Closure\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Wally Lamb\u2019s I Know This Much is True.<\/i><\/p>\n

Final Lines<\/b>: “I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family’s, and my country’s past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good dogs; that the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. This much, at least, I’ve figured out. I know this much is true.”<\/p>\n

Here, Wally Lamb gave the reader a neat ending that ties together loose ends and provides answers to lingering questions.<\/p>\n

It’s an epic<\/strong>, intense novel, adding layer upon layer, making the reader wonder how everything could possibly be resolved.<\/p>\n

Yet the final passage skillfully alludes to several themes from throughout the novel while also referencing its title. And, wow! The beauty of those words packed such an emotional punch.<\/p>\n

An Ending that Features Finality<\/b><\/h2>\n

Daphne DuMaurier\u2019s Rebecca<\/i><\/p>\n

Final Lines: \u201c<\/b>The road to Manderley lay ahead. There was no moon. The sky above our heads was inky black. But the sky on the horizon was not dark at all. It was shot with crimson, like a splash of blood. And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endings that feature finality focus on the idea that life is unpredictable and nothing lasts forever.<\/p>\n

This type of ending seems very poetic to me.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For instance, in Rebecca, <\/i>the unnamed narrator almost gets her happy ending. And yet, even if all the twisted lies don\u2019t bother her, nothing is okay.<\/p>\n

The path home is plunged in darkness as Manderly burns to the ground.<\/strong> The imagery of blood and of ashes blowing is powerful and unsettling.<\/p>\n

The reader knows that while there\u2019s no going back, our main characters will never truly leave their past behind.<\/p>\n

An Ending With a Twist<\/b><\/h2>\n

E. Lockhart\u2019s We Were Liars<\/i><\/p>\n

Final Lines: \u201c<\/b>My full name is Cadence Sinclair Eastman.<\/p>\n

I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.<\/p>\n

I like a twist of meaning.<\/p>\n

I endure.\u201d<\/p>\n

A twist ending includes a surprise revelation or dramatic twist that turns the entire plot on its head.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

In We Were Liars, <\/i><\/strong>the major<\/b> twist comes towards the end of the novel, but not on the final pages. However, the final lines of the novel, repeats of ones stated in chapter two, also present an additional twist.<\/p>\n

Cady likes a \u201ctwist of meaning\u201d but the reader doesn\u2019t understand what she means by that until the end.<\/p>\n

We also know that when she says<\/strong> \u201cI endure\u201d she means she\u2019ll survive on every level — physically, spiritually, and emotionally.<\/p>\n

Given the circumstances, it\u2019s the happiest ending possible, although also still tragic. This novel\u2019s conclusion was truly gutting, and for a long time I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about it.<\/p>\n

Endings That Feature Irony<\/b><\/h2>\n

Gillian Flynn\u2019s Gone Girl<\/i><\/p>\n

Final Lines: \u201c<\/b>I really, truly wish he hadn\u2019t said that. I keep thinking about it. I can\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have anything else to add. I just wanted to make sure I had the last word. I think I\u2019ve earned that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Irony is when appearance contrasts with reality, thus the ending of Gone Girl <\/i>is ironic in every way.<\/p>\n

Amy thinks she\u2019s \u201cwon\u201d<\/strong> by nearly framing her adulterous husband Nick for killing her.<\/p>\n

The world sees a happy, beautiful couple about to have a baby. The truth is they hate each other.<\/p>\n

Nick is only nice to Amy<\/strong> \u201cBecause every morning you have to wake up and be you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy realizes her victory is empty, and yet she still sees herself as the wronged party, worthy of the \u201clast word\u201d — which is also the novel\u2019s final line.<\/p>\n

And Ending That Features Hope<\/b><\/h2>\n

Khaled Hosseini\u2019s The Kite Runner<\/i><\/p>\n

Final Lines<\/b>: \u201cIt was only a smile, nothing more. It didn’t make everything all right. It didn’t make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird’s flight. But I’ll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endings that feature hope aren\u2019t necessarily happy, but they suggest that happiness is within reach.<\/p>\n

In <\/strong>The Kite Runner,<\/strong> <\/i>our main character Amir is still desperately hoping for redemption, as he\u2019s taken the young Sohrab into his care.<\/p>\n

Sohrab barely speaks and never smiles. But there\u2019s a flicker of something when Amir offers to chase a kite for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor you, a thousand times over,\u201d Amir says.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read this book before it was a movie, but I could practically hear the soundtrack swelling as I pictured Amir chasing the kite, and seeing Sohrab\u2019s ghost of a smile.<\/p>\n

While I suggest waiting until you are \u201cin the zone\u201d<\/strong> before writing the end of your novel, so you can \u201cfeel\u201d an organic conclusion that packs a punch, that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t plan ahead.<\/p>\n

Have the major plot points figured out, and decide if your ending will feature closure, finality, a twist, irony, or hope.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

About the Author\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Laurel<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Laurel Osterkamp is from Minneapolis, where she teaches and writes like it\u2019s going out of style. Her short fiction has been featured in Tangled Locks Literary Journal, Bright Flash Literary Journal, and Metawoker Lit, among other places. Her latest novel Favorite Daughters was recently released by Black Rose Writing. (Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to see the novel on Amazon.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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