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Description of  Grand Finales: The Perfect Ending

Its still a story without an ending, Casablanca. Almost finished with that screenplay or novel but still cant figure out the ending? There are plenty of books and classes and YouTube videos on writing your first ten pages, but what about the last ten pages? Those are the pages that the studio reader reads right before writing up their coverage - recommend or reject. Those are the pages that the person who bought your book reads just before deciding if they liked it enough to read your next book. There are plenty of good books and good films that have terrible endings, and you leave the cinema or close the covers thinking that it was a terrible book or movie This 411 page book looks at professional techniques to avoid that problem with an amazing ending. How to end your story with a bang, rather than a whimper. Everything you will need to know to write a great ending! Subjects Include: 12 Act Three Tools To Get You To The End. What Is Act Three? Where Should It Start? The Importance Of Resolution Order. 20 Different Types Of Ends (and how to write them). 5 Types Of Conflict Resolution. Happy or Sad Endings? What If You Kill Your Hero? Avoiding Deus Ex Machinas. How The Beginning Of Your Story Has All Of The Clues To The Ending (in case you were having trouble figuring out how the story should end). Falling Action & Denouements & Catastrophe. Character Resolutions. Short Act Three? Avoiding The Run On Ending. Avoiding Pat Endings. Romantic Endings. Ending With Impact. How Do You End A Horror Movie? How To Avoid Bad Endings. The Importance Of Closing Images. Writing The Perfect Twist Ending. Setting Up Sequels & Series. Emotional Resolutions That Will Leave Them Crying! How To Write Post Credit Sequences Like A Pro! Famous Last Words! And Much, Much More! Lots of movie examples to illustrate the techniques! Everything about endings for your screenplay or novel from a working profession screenwriter with 19 produced films! Over 100,000 words of useful information!