Episode 44 - Finish with Style! The Resolution stage of your story

The Creative Writer's Toolbelt

Sep 04 2015 | 00:14:59

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Show Notes

Finishing your story takes as much skill and wisdom as telling it, and there's more to a good finish that clearing up the battle field and writing THE END at the bottom of your manuscript. The final, resolution stage of the six stage story process requires that you tie up the loose ends, resolve your subplots, and show your readers the consequences of the climax stage of the story.

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