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Now, IWSG hosts have changed up the format in an effort to make it more fun and interactive.Every month, they will announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
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FEBRUARY QUESTION: What do you love about the genre you write in most often?
How about you? What is your preferred genre and what do you like most about writing it?
Hi Sylvia, Happy endings is a great answer, after all isn't it what most (admittedly not everyone!) wants to see? :)
ReplyDeleteHm, yes, having a "settled" ending is great, and almost always necessary, but in a SF novella my author wrote she left the ending mysteriously open.
ReplyDeleteSince then she's written 3 shorties, less than 2000 words and pretty much left those endings open as well. The goal? To, hopefully, hook readers on the idea of "what if--?" Keep 'em guessing, keep 'em wanting more. Not sure how that'll work. Sometimes readers get pissed 'cause they want ALL the answers, but my author -- well, she's the creator and she has the last word, heh heh
My books have mostly happy endings. Like you, I prefer those, or at the very least, a satisfying ending.
ReplyDeleteHappy endings are definitely satisfying, but I also like a slightly ambiguous ending, one that leaves you thinking about what may or may not have happened to those characters after you close the pages of the book.
ReplyDeleteAll of my stories, no matter how successful or action-filled, have happy endings. Even the ones with cliffhangers. Yes, it is possible. I did it with Seismic Crimes. lol
ReplyDeleteMine need a happy ending and usually a romance, as well.
ReplyDeleteI love a happy ending, but I think my favourite ending is a bittersweet one - I think those tend to be the most unexpected, and I love being surprised.
ReplyDeleteI love surprises, in writing and reading, but it has to be integral to the plot and characters concerned. Genre is something vague to me, I don't like to be constrained too much - although I get that readers like a clue about what sort of thing they've getting involved with.
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