"Imagery is a very powerful writing tool, especially when you are nearing the end of a story. Look..."

“Imagery is a very powerful writing tool, especially when you are nearing the end of a story. Look back over your draft and see if there are certain images, symbols, descriptions, etc. that have emerged. Are there any of these you can carry forward into the ending? I think often writers feel stuck with endings because we worry about tying things up too neatly or straightforwardly. Using imagery can be a powerful way to hint at how your characters are thinking and feeling, and how they have grown through the course of the story.”

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Dallas Woodburn is the author of the linked short story collection Woman, Running Late, in a Dress and the novel The Best Week That Never Happened. Her work has been honored with the Cypress & Pine Short Fiction Award, the international Glass Woman Prize, and four Pushcart Prize nominations. She hosts the podcast “Overflowing Bookshelves” and heads the organization Write On! Books that empowers youth through reading and writing endeavors. Dallas lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.

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