Welcome to the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast. I'm K M. Wyland and I am here to take you

deep with story theory, writing techniques, and the incredible wisdom of story.

I believe story is the greatest power on this earth,

and that as writers, we carry the torch of wielding that power

with responsibility, passion, and skill.

There is no such thing as just a story.

Today, it is my honor and my purpose

to help you write your best story,

astound the world, and maybe change your life.

Hello everyone and welcome to today's video.

My name is K.M. Wyland and I run the writing website

helping writers become authors. And today we're going to be talking about how to

troubleshoot your ending. So this is in response to a couple of questions that I received about endings.

One is from Aisha Ali. How about some posts about crafting endings? I just reached

the end of a manuscript and I realized that my

character arc and themes weren't strong enough to craft a compelling ending. I

wrote as much as I could and jotted the last few lines I've been holding on to but filed it a way to look at in another few months.

So how do you know if you have a strong enough arc or not? How do you decide which bits go in the climax?

How do you structure on a smaller level those beats, and how do you avoid the

climax being a string of sequel scenes and explanation?

And then another question was from Esther Gonzales Bertrand.

I would like to know more about how to outline a good ending

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