Listening for the Ending a Story Deserves
There is a particular stillness that lingers at the end of a good book—a quiet that tells you something has shifted. Endings ask writers to honor the journey that has unfolded, not by rehashing the past, but by capturing the new emotional landscape the characters now inhabit.
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