Lecture 14: Happily Ever After—How to End a Plot
- Choose a story or a novel that you love, imagine a different ending for
it, and then work backward to see what you’d have to change to make
the new ending believable and satisfying. Consider -DQH(\UH as an
example. Jot down a rough outline of everything in the book that leads
to Jane’s marriage to Mr. Rochester, then imagine a different ending:
She marries someone else in the novel, or she decides to live by herself
on her inheritance money. Go back through your outline to see what
you’d have to change in the story to make the new ending work.
Writing Exercise