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But telling this to a friend who said "Gee, this is helpful to know" made me think that probably other writers could benefit from hearing what I discovered last week.]]> no@spam.com (Laurie Schnebly Campell) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/78/1/The-Keys-To-Success/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/77/1/For-People-Who-Hate-External-Conflict/Page1.html
But it's not up to me, and millions of readers DO care what they do. And if our characters are gonna be truly plausible people, they're absolutely gonna be doing things in real life. External conflict isn't about what they think and feel, so much as it is about what they do.]]> no@spam.com (Laurie Schnebly Campell) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/77/1/For-People-Who-Hate-External-Conflict/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/76/1/I-Liked-Your-Book/Page1.html
"I really enjoyed your book."

"Your book was wonderful."

It's always a treat to hear comments like that. And whenever I read a wonderful book, I usually tell the author those same things. But now that I've heard some more specific comments, I realize what a difference the exact words make.
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The last chapter has to end happy.

The others? They don't.

In fact, they shouldn't. Because a chapter that ends with everything happy is a great reason to put down the book with a sigh of contentment, turn out the light and go to sleep.

So how should a chapter end? For that matter, how should every scene end?]]> no@spam.com (Laurie Schnebly Campell) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/75/1/The-Not-Yet-Happy-Ending/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/74/1/After--The-First-Sale/Page1.html
The emotional part.

Good and bad.]]> no@spam.com (Laurie Schnebly Campell) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/74/1/After--The-First-Sale/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/73/1/Four-Methods-For-Interviewing-Characters/Page1.html
Ah, but there's the tricky part. Where are those questions coming from?]]> no@spam.com (Laurie Schnebly Campell) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/73/1/Four-Methods-For-Interviewing-Characters/Page1.html