

on your short stories for a
number of weeks.

From creating your characters,
generating your story, developing your
plot, building relationships, using
dialogue and perfecting your description.


conclusion – the part of your story
that we initially identified as the end.

end or finish of an event, process or
text. In this case, it is the end of your
short story.

and how well thought out and written it is,
is vital to the success of your story.

this moment. If you have been
working suspense into your copy you
will be about to deliver your plot twist,
which we spoke about in a
previous lesson.

of a conclusion?

A common mistake among writers at
this stage, when so much time and
effort has gone into their story, is
to rush the end.

done on purpose – rather it is something
that occurs through an eagerness to
complete the story that has been in
mind for some time.

happen. If you get the conclusion
wrong, it takes away from all of the
work that went before it.

to do with it being a surprise but
rather that it remains in line with
what you have written thus far.

end to the story.
There is nothing worse, from a reader’s
perspective, than an unsatisfactory ending.

story by a fantastic introduction, you
are hanging on every word from there in.
You are not sure which way the story is
going to go at any moment but you are
looking forward to finding out…

however, you are left feeling flat. It isn’t
that you didn’t guess what it would be,
but more that it didn’t leave you satisfied
that it was wrapped up and delivered
in the correct manner.

unsatisfactory ending is when the reader
is left with questions. It is crucial that you
do not make this mistake.

you mapped your story out.
Throughout the process you learned
that you may or may not have stuck to
this plan in its entirety.

problem. What will be a problem is
if you didn’t adjust that plan in your
mind, as your story progressed and
became clearer to you.

utmost importance in allowing you to
finish out your story with the best result
possible. Answering any questions your
reader may have.

Finally, you must ensure that your
story does not lose itself and that you
do not go off on tangents.

be a common mistake, so too can
dragging it out be…

to bring the story to conclusion.
You might feel that you still have so
much to say – so much that your
reader will want to know!


you are writing a short story.

get to the point, to bring all of the
elements of that story together and
to let it go.

still struggling, don’t worry – our
next lesson is editing!)
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