Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Goodbye Scenes: vital to a story or tacky?

Time To Say Goodbye


Most stories have a poignant 'goodbye' scene between the self-sacrificing hero and the duty-bound heroine. I hadn't realized, until this moment, that in my book Orchids For Roses, there are no less than three goodbye scenes.

Personally, if I connect emotionally with a story and its protagonist(s)--yes, I'm talking tears and great swelling sobs--you can bet that book finds a permanent place on my bookshelf.

I guess the question is: is a goodbye scene vital to a story, pulling the reader's emotional strings? Or is it manipulative and tacky?




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