Write your movie ending
Since writers dream up stories — characters, obstacles, time period, location — we constantly get to change the world we create until the ending is perfect for the story. In screenwriting (my aspiration) it’s said that the best movies have three kinds of endings.
I suppose you could use these ending suggestions to craft your life story.
Positive. This is a general, totally acceptable, vanilla nice, end of the story. You walk away feeling good and happy. The movie was worth your time and money.
Surprise. A surprise ending is more than good. You walk away feeling satisfied; that the experience was beyond your expectations, too. It’s the ending when you say, “Hmm, didn’t expect that but it was really interesting and cool.”
Meaningful. A story ending that is beyond great. Movies like this change minds, cross cultures and influence the future. This kind of ending is the one where you walk out of the theater and talk about it for days, weeks, months and years later. You are left with an experience that resonates on multiple levels and has a lasting influence. These are the stories we want to see over and over.
Our lives are mini-movies of our own creation. We don’t start our story but we surely can write the ending.
Will you write a positive, surprise or meaningful ending to your story?
BE F-G AWESOME TODAY!
Original graphic and quote: Stephanie DelTorchio
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