Make an ending in 20 words or less.

[lango]

Simple idea really. I have problem with endings, Im good with them, but I tend to think theyre better than the book so I resort to a weaker ending, if that makes any sense ;)

The idea here is to make an ending with about 20 words~

EDIT: I will now give you guys a topic, since it indeed makes much more sense
Lets give it a simple topic.
Romance. Jake loves Claire. But Claire already has a boyfriend. Claire also loves Jake but she doesnt know.

The exercise is to try and make a convincing SAD ending for this story. By SAD I mean that Claire doesnt end up with Jake, doesnt mean the "tone" of the ending has to be sad. Though it probably will be.
I wont give an example lest everyone follows it and we wont have much diversification

[Carraka]

x.x

I don't get it. Could you give us an example?

If the beginning isn't good, then we readers put it down before we reach the ending. If we somehow keep reading and then find you didn't give us a good ending, then we leave with a sour taste in our mouths. At least -- that's the theory I just made up.

[lango]

Yeha, that works in movies too Carraka... just watch "The happening" :P Although its R rated or something like that due to unecessary violence in the plot. Ill write up an example soon. I'd say a good start makes people finish the book, a good ending makes them remember it forever

[Nanyoky]

She knew that after all of this, she could never go back. Endings aren't always happy.
okay, that kinda sucked. I think I get the exersize, but i'm not sure.

[electrilad]

And with that one bite on the neck, Bella and Edward were happy together- forever.

There! Twilight's over! Why couldn't Stephanie Meyer just write that? Just kidding, that would be the worst ending ever.

[Midnight_Moon]

With the last touch of his lips still tingling on her check, she watch the car pull away. But she knew he'd be back again someday

I don't know. That was kinda bad. This is a challenging exercise but it's fun. :D

[Starry]

I feel like this would work better if we started with like a few sentences of something short and generic, and then had to make an ending for it. Making an ending without a story for it is kind of pointless, in addition to being really difficult.

[Nanyoky]

Ooo, good idea. I second the motion. Sometimes more limitations make something easier and more productive. Too broad of subjects are hard to work with.

[lango]

Alright guys, to make it better, I changed the rules at the beggining. The old rules were indeed too vague and pointless, ruining my whole idea for this exercise

[appleofmyeye]

Only when she smiles can I see the reason why I let her go.

It was hard getting it into twenty words l'ol.

Do we post a new story or do you, lango?