Ending with change

Shannon:

I think that the old Aristotelian

format of like the

rising action, climax, and falling action,

but really if you put the third leg back on that

and turn it into the Delta sign,

that there needs to be some kind of

ultimate change in the person,

and that's the story that

will be really successful.

I think there’s something on this in Inviting the Wolf In by Ellis and Niemi. Different ways to end a story. You can talk about how you’ve changed internally (that’s when I realized…), but possibly even stronger is to end on action (since then I’ve always done X instead). Both show change. There might be other endings that involve change as well. I’m acquiring the book to get this down better.