tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post2333213483695446381..comments2023-09-26T02:17:42.577-07:00Comments on PaperFantasies: YA Epidemics #3 - Cliffhanger EndingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-76346772979654378862013-04-06T02:14:27.516-07:002013-04-06T02:14:27.516-07:00Endings are what I'm worst at! I'll start...Endings are what I'm worst at! I'll start an outline, start itching to write the story and not finish the outline, then only have a vague idea of how to end it. So then I'll have my character going through the motions while I try to make up for my lack of outlining and note-taking skills. And eventually, my stories die lol. But I'm sure I'll break through one of these days and actually finish something. I'll send my motivation rays your way when it happens. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-20195575075803671062013-04-06T01:30:37.155-07:002013-04-06T01:30:37.155-07:00I have that exact same problem. But for me it'...I have that exact same problem. But for me it's more like this as I write and/or plot out an outline: "Yes. Great idea. And she can do this. And he can say that. And oh crap...but why are they doing this now?" And that's where I stop. I can begin and end but the middle. The why. The reason people are doing the things they do. It's all blank. And I can't focus I just end up staring off into space. So then I throw myself into reading a book and never go back to it. *Sigh* So I can in a round about way sympathize. So if you ever find your motivation let me know. Maybe I can rub off some of the luck and kick myself in gear lol.<br /><br />But I mean it! You really should write :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102414352794370204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-47721277449612643942013-04-06T01:22:31.870-07:002013-04-06T01:22:31.870-07:00Haha I understand that. I used to be the exact sa...Haha I understand that. I used to be the exact same. But they've been getting more common now, and when I've got a year long wait ahead of me...I usually want to scream and kidnap the writer until she gives me closure. I'm also guilty of purposely waiting on a series so I can cheat the cliffhanger by having the next book on my nightstand. :p<br /><br />Thank you so much, Sheri! I actually have always wanted to be a novelist, since I was 8 lol. But I don't have the willpower to stick with the same story for long enough to actually finish it, so I wind up with a dozen half finished stories on my laptop.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-63893918431049951382013-04-06T00:30:41.401-07:002013-04-06T00:30:41.401-07:00Oh yeah btw that fake book bit at the top I though...Oh yeah btw that fake book bit at the top I thought it was real from an actual book..you should write! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102414352794370204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-42429563521177341232013-04-06T00:25:31.784-07:002013-04-06T00:25:31.784-07:00So now that I read and commented on #4 I'm goi...So now that I read and commented on #4 I'm going back and reading the previous ones to see what I missed. So helllllooo from the past! :P<br /><br />Okay *Serious face* I LOVE cliffhangers. I know I'm weird and I'm letting my freak flag fly high but I just do I can't help it. I mean trust me I'm usually irritated, angry wanting to throw something and depending on the book probably crying too! It's the same thing that some of my favorite shows I watch do on a nearly weekly basis and end of seasons? Forget it. Agonizing cliffhangers. My worst cliffhanger to date; Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I'm still waiting in agony for Origin. Huge sigh :/<br /><br />I will admit though that the reason I Haven't even started Bloodlines yet is because I'm afraid of a cliffhanger. So here they sit, never been cracked open on my desk, waiting for the final book :D<br /><br />Sheri @ <a href="http://sherismuse.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Perks of Being a Bookworm</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102414352794370204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-75220264154118725872013-03-25T14:28:29.162-07:002013-03-25T14:28:29.162-07:00Haha your examples are priceless. Especially the l...Haha your examples are priceless. Especially the last one. :p<br /><br />I totally agree. Too many books put in the obligatory hanger, leave you panting for months, only to say, "Hey, didn't really happen like that, no biggie! Whoops." It's just like...O.o <b>No.</b><br /><br />Thanks for the great input, skjam! :D Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-69254370651201065872013-03-25T08:49:17.004-07:002013-03-25T08:49:17.004-07:00My lest favorite thing about cliffhangers--after t...My lest favorite thing about cliffhangers--after the "nothing has been resolved, no answers have been given, you're just cutting the story in thirds here" is the "cliffhanger copout." Big exciting suspense created at the end of Book One, and then cheaping out at the beginning of Book Two. That sinister stranger--actually your ally. The certain death--missed by a mile due to something the hero did that *should* have been mentioned in the previous book. The corpse our narrator finds in your snippet at the beginning--some random kid from their class mentioned once in the previous volume.<br /><br />Overall, for books I prefer sequel hooks to cliffhanger endings. "But if Vanessa wasn't the one who was sending the poison pen emails all this time, who was it?" "We may have defeated Lord Venamus, but the Bluod Empire is still out there." "Just as I was putting up my feet, the phone rang. It was a man whose Pomeranian needed walkies badly, another job for Dana Dunn, Dogwalker!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-31676111081595780232013-03-23T13:43:53.702-07:002013-03-23T13:43:53.702-07:00That's exactly what I meant by the screw-you c...That's exactly what I meant by the screw-you cliffhangers so it makes perfect sense. I don't always like but can definitely appreciate a good cliffhanger after some type of resolution, but the books that end mid scene then come back with a ton of filler bug me because, as you said, it feels like they're turning one book into a trilogy or whatever just for the sake of calling it a series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-56220902003591513542013-03-23T13:40:37.539-07:002013-03-23T13:40:37.539-07:00Yes. You are a weirdo. But that's a good thi...Yes. You are a weirdo. But that's a good thing because normal gets boring after like twenty minutes.<br /><br />Nah, seriously, I used to be the same. I still am when it comes to certain books. But now it seems like no book that has a planned sequel can just end anymore, and after awhile it gets a bit annoying to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-41940477204382820462013-03-23T13:38:24.642-07:002013-03-23T13:38:24.642-07:00I have a love/hate relationship with cliffhangers ...I have a love/hate relationship with cliffhangers like Everneath and Everbound. I appreciate them, and I don't exactly wish they'd had a less shocking ending, but...now I have to wait a year to find out what happens! *pouts*<br /><br />No, my main issue is the ridiculous ones with absolutely no ending whatsoever.<br /><br />Thanks Debby! <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-49658344427359611312013-03-23T13:00:36.443-07:002013-03-23T13:00:36.443-07:00I think for me it isn't cliffhangers that are ...I think for me it isn't cliffhangers that are so much of an issue as series that don't really stand up as separate books (which you bring up in this post). I feel like with this series obsession going on in the publishing industry, authors might have this really great idea for a story but instead of just writing it as one book they rip it into three bits and sell it as a series. With each book in the series then there isn't any conclusion or ending, like with Harry Potter, but this abrupt sort of - Here we are, now wait a year for the next book! I don't expect each book to have this sort of wrapped-up solid ending like Harry Potter, but I want an obvious distinction between each book that makes it feel like it has reason to stand on its own and wasn't just created as a series just because. If any of that makes sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-3805586298058355272013-03-23T10:41:35.405-07:002013-03-23T10:41:35.405-07:00Am I weird, I like cliffhangers *hangs head in sha...Am I weird, I like cliffhangers *hangs head in shame*. Yes, they make me itch to know what happens next but I like trying to work out what happened and where that curve ball will land. I like reading with my heart pounding thinking "oh no, you are not going to go there, you can't leave us like that". Obviously I'm a book masochist! Trish @ Between My Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517849083417759188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-34642287406030022602013-03-23T03:51:40.519-07:002013-03-23T03:51:40.519-07:00It's definitely frustrating to have cliffhange...It's definitely frustrating to have cliffhangers, and yeah, I appreciate it when the story has an end à la Harry Potter or something. But when the cliffhanger is freaking epic like Everneath & Everbound I love it too. It's just all the endings in the middle there that frustrate me to no end. But yeah, whether or not the story has a cliffhanger ending is no indication of whether or not I'll continue on with the series. So if that was the publisher's intention, too bad. Nice post :)Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067361314969302669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-10022473026203779832013-03-22T21:39:08.742-07:002013-03-22T21:39:08.742-07:00Haha I know!!!! It wasn't quite as bad as Day...Haha I know!!!! It wasn't <i>quite</i> as bad as Days Of Blood And Starlight, but at least then I didn't have to wait a freaking year and a half. I'm going through Akiva withdrawals already.<br /><br />I'm so glad you like these posts! I was originally just going to do one long one and lump them all in, but I decided it'd make more sense to just feature a different one every week until I run out. It kind of makes me want to write more about the positives of YA to balance out some of the negativity (it is my favorite genre, after all), but I'm not sure how I'd do that yet.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the comment(s), Sarah! :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006202162871450425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-58478246434133009632013-03-22T21:24:18.381-07:002013-03-22T21:24:18.381-07:00Seriously though 2014! Ugh Laini Taylor :(Seriously though 2014! Ugh Laini Taylor :(Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256407607356861380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466627425021869675.post-92013575541449182982013-03-22T21:23:46.257-07:002013-03-22T21:23:46.257-07:00Ugh cliffhangers are the bane of my existence. You...Ugh cliffhangers are the bane of my existence. You seriously should have seen my face when I got to the end of Days of Blood and Starlight. My lip started to quiver and I may have teared up just a little bit (okay a whole lot). I seriously love these posts Kelly ^_^Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256407607356861380noreply@blogger.com