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"You can end a story in almost any way, as long as the ending is inevitable, satisfying, and logical. Yet, keep in mind the reader’s expectations, expectations for stories in general and your story in particular. Never forget that real people will be reading your work. Yours is not likely the first novel they’ve read, nor the first of the genre. They don’t read in a vacuum. They bring experiences with them, both from life and from reading other books."

Beth Hill, fiction editor, from “Bad Novel Endings: Deliver the Payoff.” (via oliveryeh)

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