I am writing a short story about a disabled girl on her desire to walk. How should I end it?
I really need to figure out what the climax should be…
- Jenna L
Tags: Climax, Desire, Writing A Short Story
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October 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
She starts walking.. I like happy endings…..
October 20th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
wITH Determination anything is Possible~
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
Perhaps she helps someone else(disabled) to walk and that inspires her to be content/satisfied?
October 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
she walks but only after much suffering and giving up while helping someone else.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:08 am
. . . with or without her , life goes on ; and , so too , her daily struggle .
October 27th, 2008 at 6:52 am
she dies happiely ever after(cause she wouldn’t get piss and annoyied by the fact shes handy caped)
October 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
End it with her overcoming accomplishments.
Like Wilma Rudolpgh; she became the fastest track runner and won the race. Even though she was crippled
Well i’m not sure she did, but you get the point.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:13 am
Ending I would like: She finally starts to walk but then is shot and re crippled.
Corny Ending: She falls in love and someone caries her so she doesn’t have t walk.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:31 am
well, I don’t think she should learn to walk but should accept her disability and realize what she can do that others can’t.
That, or she can learn to walk, it’s just that that’s been done a lot already.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:16 am
She gets involved with disabled rights in some way and ends up becoming some sort of spokesperson with a high media profile. Then she has the chance to have some newly developed drug or some new surgery that will get her walking again and she turns it down because of her new “cause” in life.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Okay,BabyDoll, listen carefully…
Just remember this.The climax is what your story has been leading up to and the choice of whether your heroine,through whatever device finds that she can now walk can,if well written,be a satisfying ending to the story.But,if you want to do the unexpected and have her make some kind of peace with her inability to walk,then you have a testiment to the indomitable will of the human spirit.Nice ending,huh? Don’t play it “safe” your readers will never forgive you for it,believe me!
TL
November 9th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Don’t make her walk again. Short stories need to have a message, and if she walks again, it will be “Disabilities are bad, so learn to walk.” The climax could be a VERY strong event-before, she really wanted to walk, after the event, she feels like if she would rather kill herself than continue to be disabled. Not that that’s what I’m suggesting you end it with, I’m just trying to make it clear how strongly she should feel about it after the incident. An ending for that kind of story is really hard. There’s no real solution to it. If she feels happy about her disability, it would be extremely difficult not to make it cheesy, like “I’m so glad I’m disabled!”. But you don’t have to make her enjoy it, just accept it. (This could be done by having her find a disabled partner/friend…although that would be cliche, so never mind.) Or you could
Sorry I have to go. I’ll edit this later and add to it.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:20 am
dreaming of walking or in therapy to walk again.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:36 am
end it with a contented note.
like she faces all these difficulties with the disability but somehow realizes that this is who she is and she is finally at peace with who she is and her body.