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Writing Off the Deep End Episode 29

Writing Endings

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  • Gennifrey Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
 |  7 Jun 2020
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Hosts Mary Thaler and Geoffrey Edwards talk about Endings across two related episodes. This first deals with Writing Endings. We talk about several contexts, single book endings or endings of series, stories with more or fewer subplots, and other aspects of handling endings.

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged with: challenges of writing endings, ending a book in a book series, ending a book series, ending a novel, ending a short story, endings, writing

About Writing Off the Deep End

In this ongoing series Geoffrey Edwards and Mary Thaler, two scientists turned authors, sit down to discuss everything writing-related: craft, process, and the importance of taking risks.

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Gennifrey Edwards

Since 2019, I am a full-time writer and part-time fashion designer, following retirement from a career as a research scientist. I write science fiction, historical fiction and contemporary fiction, and I have published some poetry. My first novel, scie …

Mary Thaler

Mary Thaler is a writer, zine-maker and environmental microbiologist. She is currently revising the manuscript of a historical novel about the Arctic. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, and can be found online at marythaler.wordpress. …

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  1. Avatar for ZacharyFeder ZacharyFeder says:
    15 Aug 2020

    I’m enjoying what you’re doing here Geoffrey and Mary. Sparking some thoughts. It’s helpful.

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