Yup, contrived endings either way are terrible. I hated the ending of the First Law trilogy because it felt contrived to end badly. Still...
Voted half a day, but usually what happens is I'll distract myself more than usual with the internet while still halfheartedly attempting to work.
Awesome, great tips :) Thanks guys.
Yup. Though my current story is fantasy. I guess I'm asking because it sort of feels like I'm making people as stealthy as the plot requires...
The story I'm writing ended up having a lot of people sneaking around being all stealthy like, but I'm sort of afraid I might be writing...
Agree with w176, your character will interact, even if isn't verbally. And of course what they don't do in certain situation is also important...
Brewery. Wait, no.
As someone else stated, people might not care enough yet. The problem isn't necessarily with purple prose: starting straight off with 2 paras...
Separate names with a comma.