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Contains: Not a story! This is a writing guide with tips, tricks, and strategies on how to write fetish fiction for those who might be interested. This is part four of four. PART FOUR: Finish Strong… And Come Back ~~~ And now, for a few final words of advice… Chapter Endings – Building Momentum Before we discuss endings to entire stories, I wanted to briefly talk about endings to chapters or “parts” if you are writing a multi-part story that plays out over several installments. Chapter endings have an all-important job, one thing they really must accomplish: they should make your reader want to continue on to read your next chapter. That isn’t their only job – they can also close out a scene, organize your narrative, and create a sort of mental resting place between events – but if the reader gets bored enough or “meh” enough about your pacing that they don’t feel like continuing, they might not ever finish your story. That's fatal! A good chapter ending builds narrative momentum

The cafeteria was not a good place to be for anyone who didn't want to spend the rest of the day smelling like mystery meat.Caroline watched the food fly as she poked her head up. She could make a run for it-Caroline spun as someone yelled "Hey, Jackson!" There was Destiny, her arm cocked back, an open Snack Pack in her hand, and a smile on her face.Oh, for - she was still salty about that stupid puddle?Caroline ducked as Destiny threw, and there was the sound of a wet splat, followed by a gasp. Who did it-?Priya Chaudhri, as it happens. And more importantly, it hit her very, very expensive-looking cashmere sweater.Everyone froze.The bright yellow pudding lemoned down the black wool as the Indian girl looked down. Drip...drip...Her teeth gritted and her eyes narrowed as she looked up."This," she said, as she picked up her yogurt, "is Dior." See what I did there? Not really. If you look really closely at the scene, you'll notice that I kept writing the reaction before the action, so

Hi Readers! Are you writing a brilliant fantasy but want to leave that extra punch when it comes to developing your magic system? After all, nobody wants to reread the same type of magic in every novel! As a fantasy writer who struggled with developing my magic system, making it understandable, engaging, and important to the plot, I can help you there! Why? Do you need a magic system? Every story is different. If your characters are living in a magical society or have special powers, you will most likely need one to explain to your readers how this magic works, thus adding realism to your world. If your characters jump into a magical world, are not magical, or going on a sudden quest where they experience magic, you might want to focus on the wonder and thrill they feel rather than explain the workings behind it. If your character is clueless to how the magic works, then it will be an unnecessary info-dump. In Aladdin, we never know how the Genie came into existence, because that

----- Original Message ----- I recently came across an article you wrote about the Gothic story structure. ... Your article was incredibly straight forward and informative. Do you have any resources you would recommend for aspiring ... authors to ensure they are hitting all the wickets?  -- J  Sadly, there's not a whole lot out there on the different types of Plotting Structures. Most of what is available are somewhat...simplistic derivatives of Aristotle's 3 Act Structure for a Tragedy, Freytag's Pyramid, and The Hero's Journey based on Campbell's 'Hero with a Thousand Faces.'  Unfortunately, those structures only cover a small amount of very common, very basic stories.  Certainly not what I wanted to write.  So, what I did was outline the plots of some of my favorite stories from books and movies to figure out their plotting patterns. This is how I came up with the Gothic plot, the Fairy Tale plot, the Horror plot, and the Romance plot patterns.  (INTJ here.