Pep Card: Day 26

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Pep Card: Day 26

If you've ever been in a book group before, you know what wildly different interpretations readers can derive from the same passage. A screamingly obvious Freudian allegory to one reader will be a hilarious skewering of today's political parties to another. The discussions are especially fiery when an author leave a little ambiguity in the book's ending. Did the main characters end up together? Apart? Eaten by rampaging zombies? As you start to head into the wrap-up for your book, feel free to leave a little ambiguity in your story. Leaving some plot moves unelaborated and characters' actions unclear means less work for you as a writer, and gives readers the toothy satisfaction of putting pieces together in ways that make sense to them.

Day 26 flashcard from the No Plot? No Problem! writing kit, the genius brainchild of Chris Baty.