All that you should know about an Epilogue

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All that you should know about an Epilogue
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• Writing a novel is not everyones cup of tea. It
  requires lot of hard work with patience. You need
  to be creative and at the same time realistic to
  be a successful writer. You need to have deep
  knowledge about every single and smallest thing
  that is part of your novel. Penning down an
  interesting plot and creating a perfect story
  around it, has a sort of grilling in it.
  Additional pages like introduction, prologue,
  acknowledgment, epilogue, etc adds more to this
  grilling.
• Epilogue, a short piece of writing that is
  usually written at the end of a literary work.
  There are various ways in which an epilogue can
  be written. Today, in this article, we will
  discuss some of the ways to write an epilogue, we
  will see whether a story needs an epilogue or not
  and we will discuss some ways to write a perfect
  epilogue. You can use this knowledge in your next
  novel in order to make it a best one. These short
  and simple things has significant contribution in
  success of a novel. Make the best use of points
  mentioned below and we hope you can achieve
  success.

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Is your story in need of an epilogue?

• Before writing an epilogue, the first
  question is whether the story demands an epilogue
  or not. Never ever add any unnecessary
  descriptions and elaborations in your novel. Give
  only what is needed. If you think that you need
  to describe few more situations in your novel
  then first see if those are relevant. Decide
  whether those incidents can be added anywhere
  else in the story. If yes, then your story dont
  need any epilogue.

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Reasons that show your story demands an epilogue

• If you want to annex some incidence that has
  some link with what happened in the story but
  doesnt involve characters of the story, you can
  tell that incidence in an epilogue.

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• An epilogue is also used to tell an incident that
  happened long after the end of your story. For
  instance, if you have written a romance novel and
  end of the story describes the couples being
  happy together instead of all the turmoil's they
  had faced. Then, in epilogue you can tell about
  their marriage. You may think of adding an
  incident that shows that after sometime the
  couple got separated. Well, if you are planning
  to that then let me tell you that usually an
  epilogue is prohibited to have any shocking
  revelation especially if it is a negative one.
• Sometimes, writers use an epilogue to give a
  glimpse of next volume of the novel. They use an
  epilogue as a platform to promote the upcoming
  volume of the novel. You can use an epilogue to
  describe the moral of the story as well. This is
  the best place to make a remark or statement. You
  can present your view on the story. It can also
  be used to draw comparison of story with real
  life events. A gamut of incidence can be embraced
  in an epilogue.

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Plan your epilogue as you would plan you story

• Epilogue is a short direct
  description of incidence that you want to include
  in it. Plan it wisely using your senses and do
  not end up writing a new book and story in it.
  Write whatever you think is important and must be
  adjoined. Later, cut it down as you would do in
  the story. Try to make your epilogue short. Keep
  in mind that it is not a story. When you write
  out everything that comes in your mind first and
  then edit it, it gives the best and perfect
  results.

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When to write an epilogue?

• If your story has a traumatic end or violent
  climax then you should write an epilogue. You can
  write an epilogue if your story ends abruptly
  like if the main character dies. A bit of
  explanation after an abrupt ending satisfy the
  need of reader to know more about the story and
  that enhances your sale as well. Readers,
  generally want to know the full story. So, you
  must feed them properly. In epilogue of such
  novels, you can use epilogue in various ways. You
  can use it to create buzz about your next novel
  that can be a extension of this novel. You may
  also choose to end this story there only and can
  just give a brief description about other main
  character of your novel. This doesnt mean that
  you can never write another volume of the novel.

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Know your best from your own experience

• No two authors are same. It depends totally upon
  you how to write and what to write. Also, there
  is no hard and fast rule to it. You best way can
  be anothers worst. Learn from your experience.
  See and observe what your audience want and make
  changes accordingly in your next novel. Read
  other novels of the same genre and see how they
  have written their epilogue. Do not copy, never
  ever do the mistake of copying. Reading others
  work is just for increasing the knowledge and
  having a better and clear perspective. Do not try
  to imitate or mimic others. Be original and
  creative in your work that will give you much
  more success.

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Some additional tips

• Though it depends on author how he wants to write
  epilogue and what new turn he wants to give, here
  are some general points that need to be
  considered. If you want to write another volume
  of the book, use your epilogue to create interest
  and enthusiasm in your reader. Know what is the
  key point of your next volume and use it as a
  tool to make your readers curious. You need to be
  playful with your words. Tell a scene that can
  make readers passionate about the next volume.
  Even if you are using epilogue as a closure key,
  try to give a little information about the side
  characters as well. Main characters are important
  but so are their friends and family.

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Let your story rest for a day or two

• After you are done with your story writing and
  epilogue, prologue, acknowledgment, introduction,
  etc are all set and done. Let your manuscript
  rest for at least a day before starting to
  proofread it. This will give you time to come out
  of the story and help you proofread better. While
  proofreading you must proofread whole book.
  Writers do this mistake of proofreading only the
  story part. They forget that from acknowledgment
  to epilogue, each and every part is prone to
  errors.

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