Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!
The awesome co-hosts for the November 6 posting of the IWSG
are Ronel, Deniz, Pat Garcia, Olga Godim, and Cathrina Constantine!
are Ronel, Deniz, Pat Garcia, Olga Godim, and Cathrina Constantine!
Optional Question - Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader?
My answer is simple. Absolutely NOT! I loathe cliffhangers. If I find out a book ends on a cliffhanger, I will stop reading until the series is complete. IF I ever come back to it.
This year I stopped reading one of my favorite authors because she did a cliffhanger with no warning. It was the THIRTEENTH book in the series and NONE of them had ended in a cliffhanger. I don't trust her anymore, and I will never read another book written by her.
So, year. I feel strongly about this.
But I know many people love them? Do you?
I prefer satisfying ends to freaking cliffhangers myself.
ReplyDeleteThe trust factor is just gone after that. Don't like cliffhangers either.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people here feel the same way about cliffhangers. They're used pretty frequently in fantasy series so I'm okay with them.
ReplyDeleteI feel like you do about cliffhangers. Only once I was OK with a book that ended in a cliffhanger. The hero was grievously wounded in the end, and that was on the last page. But the author knew her readers. After a scene break, she said something like "Don't worry, he survived, as you'll see in the next book. It is available right now." And it was.
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