18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 - Writing Endings
Welcome to the last week of National Novel Writing Month! It\u2019s okay if you aren\u2019t going to finish your book, and it\u2019s also okay if you don\u2019t have 50,000 words! You still did a thing\u2014you created a story that didn\u2019t exist\xa0
We want to talk about endings. How do you even write the end of a book? How do you do NaNoWriMo? There\u2019s no right way! But there are several elements that can help you figure out how to write the end of your book. Our hosts give you guidance for environment, pacing, inversions, character changes, and the denouement.\xa0
DongWon tells us why writing an obvious ending is not a bad idea, and Mary Robinette gives us advice for writing the ending of a series.\xa0
Also, Dan offers a wonderful reframe for November if you\u2019re not near the end of your book, or you didn\u2019t reach 50,000 words. (Spoiler: it\u2019s okay. You did, in fact, succeed.)\xa0
Homework:\xa0
Aim towards the MICE elements you opened. We're talking about the big ones here. In an ideal world, you begin letting your character have simple Yes or No answers to the "does it work" to close out the major threads in the inverse order that you opened them. Nesting code.
Thing of the Week:\xa0
A final pep talk from Mary Robinette!\xa0
Liner Notes:\xa0
Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.
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