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This next set of prompts were generated at the suggestion of @Paige_Emily_awesome who asked for a list of prompts that could help end a story. I thought that was a great idea! So, here are 15 of them for you! (It's been so long since I've posted, you get extras.) 

Now, remember to be flexible in your thinking. You don't have to take the prompts at face value or go with what seems obvious. So, for the first one, "A trusted ally turns out to be an enemy," that sounds like it would only work for an epic adventure or a Fantasy-type story. But that could just as easily work for a Romance or Teen Fiction. For example, the friend who'd been helping the main character "get the guy" or "make themselves popular," it turns out, was really trying to set them up or undermining them all along.

All right. Like I said, you get 5 bonus prompts this time out, so get creative and don't forget to vote, and especially, comment to let me know if any of them helped!

'Til next time!

~ Paula

If you don't know how to end your story, why don't you have:

1. A trusted ally turn out to be an enemy

2. A character, lead or supporting, turn out to be a ghost

3. Someone's attempt to solve a problem winds up making it ten times worse in the end

4. Someone's secret identity is uncovered and their true identity is revealed

5. Someone who was presumed dead turn out to be alive

6. Someone, in the end, go back to the one place they swore they would NEVER go back to in order to make things right

7. Someone stop or interrupt a very public event in order to save the day

8. Someone's false testimony get the main character arrested or in trouble (good for a cliffhanger ending)

9. Someone's lie ends up destroying the main character's chance at happiness

10. The hero must violate the trust of someone they care for in order to save the day

11. The hero engineers a trap that backfires and lets the antagonist escape

12. The hero's lie, that got them into trouble, actually forces them to face their fears and turn around a very bad situation

13. The hero stages a grand, public gesture to declare their love

14. The hero confesses they'd been wrong/lying/pretending the whole time and must now come clean in order to make things right

15. The hero comes to the defense of a bullied character or the antagonist in order to make things right in the end