forum How does one end a story when the characters' stories continue in your imagination?
Started by @thehobbit
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@thehobbit

I am close to maybe finishing a very rough draft. (I have scenes in the middle that I just haven't gotten around to yet) I am staring at the end of this potential novel and realizing that even though I tied up all the loose ends… it just feels like its missing something. Any advise? Am I missing something? How do you write "and they lived happily ever after" and make it sound … well, good, happy, and final?

@Starfast group

You can always do what JKR did with Harry Potter and c̶o̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ I mean do like a "x amount of years later" type epilogue. I think that @@jynandor has a good suggestion too though. Or if you don't have enough content to make a novella, you could even just do a short story (or a series of them).

@HighPockets group

Or just a "Where are they now?" thing like Star Wars Rebels did. The Rebels epilogue was great because not only did it confirm some things and theories, it also had the setup for a new adventure in case Filoni and Co. decide to go that route.