• June 28 2009

    Writing the Personal Triumph

    Part 3 of a series of articles exploring the different kinds of meaningful endings a story can have. In this post, the "sweet" part of bittersweet is examined.

  • June 08 2009

    How to Write a Tragedy

    Having looked at the triumphant ending, the focus now shifts to the ultimate downer of all endings: the Tragedy. This article examines the structural elements that help to classify a story as a tragedy.

  • June 02 2009

    How to End a Movie

    You can end a movie or a story in four different ways. No matter how subtle or obvious the storytelling may be every single complete story told will fall into one of these four categories.