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Is failure more 'authentic' and 'realistic'? Are happy endings clichéd?
Melinda Snodgrass takes on that question at her blog (and gives someone a nice, unexpected shout-out in the midst of it...). Go read it -- what do you think? When you read a novel or story, do you want the happy ending? (You! Get your mind of the gutter! Yes, you -- you know who I'm talking to...) Or do you prefer gritty, gnarled, and uncertain futures for your protagonists? And why is that?
Melinda Snodgrass takes on that question at her blog (and gives someone a nice, unexpected shout-out in the midst of it...). Go read it -- what do you think? When you read a novel or story, do you want the happy ending? (You! Get your mind of the gutter! Yes, you -- you know who I'm talking to...) Or do you prefer gritty, gnarled, and uncertain futures for your protagonists? And why is that?