Unfinished branches, intentional or otherwise.

Testytesterton

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I am a pretty prolific poster, and I have shared the reader's frustration with an exciting question that remains unanswered or a branch that abruptly ends.

At first I tried to finish every branch I started and I mostly achieved that with my first series. As I went on, I found that I would ask less questions so I wouldn't feel as bad about unexplored branches, but I still ended up with unfinished or abrupt endings, or worse, writing chapters I wasn't interested in and that readers never seemed to like anyway.

My new strategy is just writing what I want to write and dropping what I don't even if it means some branches are left unfinished. I'll even give options I have no plans to add just in case someone else wants to add to it. Do you think this is a fair system? Or should I just make it clear when I only have one path intended?
 
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I think it's the rare story which ends, much less has every branch end. I like the idea of writing a "complete" story, but that doesn't mean every branch is going to go the distance, especially not within a reasonable timeframe. Lois Lane's Night Out has 207 endings (i.e. full 20-chapter paths - epilogues don't count!) and that still leaves hundreds of paths that haven't gone the full 20 chapters. At this rate, it might never be finished, but I'm gonna try anyway.
 
I think it's the rare story which ends, much less has every branch end. I like the idea of writing a "complete" story, but that doesn't mean every branch is going to go the distance, especially not within a reasonable timeframe. Lois Lane's Night Out has 207 endings (i.e. full 20-chapter paths - epilogues don't count!) and that still leaves hundreds of paths that haven't gone the full 20 chapters. At this rate, it might never be finished, but I'm gonna try anyway.
I wish someone would continue some of the chapter branches to one of my favourite stories lol
 
except for a lack of writing talent lol,im more of an idea person than a writer per se
talent and skill are very different, even without talent you can develop skill mister chris brown.
you being an idea person can only further your creative mind, I wish i had more ideas honestly.
 
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