DISCUSSION : Thriller Contest šŸ‘»

Writing multiple endings?
Lol yes and no :joy: It’s rewarding afterwards ahahhaa especially when readers message you to tell you that they killed everyone :smiling_imp::rofl:

The next one will likely be the December contest but the last two December contests haven’t had anything to do with Christmas/the holidays (Star Power and Rebounding I believe) but maybe the next one will?

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Wow… So cruel! Name?

Oh. I might do that one.

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Of my published stories or this one?
The published ones with many endings are Hit and Run (everyone can die), Cyberstalk (1&2) and Maternal Instincts (everyone can die). :rofl:

Back to the main topic: One ending down! This episode is realllly long though :neutral_face:

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I’m currently typing the endings. I’m usually pretty bad at endings.

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I’m still bad at endings. Most include dying, then the rest are unresolved.

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Just kill everyone off and write ā€œThe Endā€:+1:

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I gave everyone the option of varying happy endings in mine lmao, I can’t do sad/mean endings. It’s not in me! :sweat:

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I had a hard time figuring out how to end branches where everyone didn’t die. I used a ā€œcliffhangerā€ theme to end the branches on, ie ā€œI guess you’ll have to wait and find out.ā€ I know it leaves the branches open ended, but sometimes that’s better than absolute resolution.

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3 endings down, 5 to go. (Three should be fairly quick but the other two need an entirely separate branch).

I’m still unsure about this entire story but there’s no way I’m not publishing now lol.

As for the endings, I wouldn’t really say any of mine are super ā€œhappyā€. They all kind of end on a cliffhanger :woman_shrugging:

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I’m so excited!

Both to publish and read entries. \o/

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I think the biggest challenge I’ve found w/ this contest is keeping it PG-13. A bit hard. I know movie thrillers~* do it all the time, but lbr, movie ratings are pretty lenient nowadays.

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Do you find that your favorite endings are not the ā€œbestā€ endings?

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Yes :smiling_imp:
Not so much with this story, but in one of my other stories, the saddest ending (the one that made me bawl when writing it and every single time I read it) was actually my favourite, mostly because I felt that it was the most realistic.

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My favorite ending in my Thriller is not the happiest ending, but I love it.
I included a gem choice at the end of the story to play alternate endings with a guide that includes:
Happiest Ending
Deadliest Ending
Most Tragic Ending (because that is not the deadliest)
and
Author’s Favorite.

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After the contest I’ll be releasing a bonus episode with all endings and a FAQ section (I do this for all my stories) :slight_smile:
Truthfully there’s a lot of overlap though, so some episodes are quite similar but I usually give suggestions too haha.

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Maternal Instincts?

Anyways, can’t do it… cries

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It’s a thriller/action(kinda?) about a mother saving her daughter. Think along the lines of Taken :slight_smile: (except you play as both the mother and daughter).There’s a spotlight version (complete) and a cinematic version (ongoing).

:sob:
I hope you still decide to publish it but like I mentioned, maybe it will also fit a future contest theme? That does mean you’ll have to wait and hope for the best though, lol.

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You wrote that story?!

Yeah. I guess… still feel bad, though…

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Oh… yes?! :rofl: I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing haha

It happens. Honestly I have a LOT of work to do if I want to make it still.
On the plus side, you now have a story started and planned so at least you can publish something new fairly soon if you want :slight_smile:

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I never completed it, because it was Spotlight! I feel bad…

How am I gonna create a Thanksgiving/Christmas themed story based off of a revenge thriller?

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Haha that’s okay. If you ever feel like starting again, I’ve released a fully-directed full-body version which I’ll be completing after I get this thriller entry out lol

Well last year’s December contest was Star Power so the December contest could be anything :woman_shrugging:. I entered Maternal Instincts in the Valentine’s contest :rofl::woman_shrugging:

Annddd staying on topic: SIX ENDINGS DOWN :smiley:

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