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Questions tagged [ending]

This tag should be used for questions about the ending of a literary work, such as styles and guidelines relating to a "Happy Ending".

This tag should be used for questions about the ending of a literary work, such as styles and guidelines relating to a "Happy Ending".

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How advisable is it to end a love story on a downer?

For example, it doesn't end with the leads getting together; rather, one of them dies or the relationship is left ambiguous. I know that taking this approach would be bad if the genre I was aiming for was 'romance', but what if the love story is…
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What makes an ending tragic?

There are questions like, ‘What makes an ending happy?’ Or ‘What is considered a happy ending?’ That’s obviously not what I’m looking for. It’s more the opposite. Tragic love plots gives me cringes while endings like, ‘They live happily ever after.’…
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What is it called when the outcome of the plot is not told?

Is there a name for the mechanic where the storyteller doesn't divulge the outcome of the end of a story because the outcome is not important to the point of the story?
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