See Quote by Diana Gabaldon

Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then I go back and try to fix the ending so that it…

— Heidi Julavits

If you own the story you get to write the ending

— Anonymous

Life doesn't have a back cover like a book where you can get a glimps of the story or a trailer like a movie…

— You

I try every time for a project to have a natural ending. As much as I can, I try to follow the story and…

— Sophie Calle

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already…

— Anita Desai

“I don't do epilogues. I hate epilogues. It's like nailing the coffin shut on the story, allowing for no further growth and leaving no…

— Rick Riordan

We are all the main characters in our stories, so why not write the ending of how it should be ourselves...

— Anonymous

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating…

— Joyce Carol Oates

If you own this story you get to write the ending.

— Brené Brown

I usually have a general idea of where the story is going, but I try to avoid planning in too much detail. The best…

— Karl Iagnemma

I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though…

— Dave Barry

For us, there's an inherent process when you're ending something to be thinking about the beginning, as writers.

— Damon Lindelof