Ending

I’ve been working on that first book in a series that I started last year and picked up again a few weeks ago. It’s going along quite nicely, thank you, but I have a bit of a conundrum on my hands. I’m not sure of the ending. Usually when I write, I have a sense of how the book should end. This time there’s a logical wrap-up to the story, but I know it’ll need a little more than just logic. I don’t know that it needs a major twist in the plot to make it good, since that would likely cause problems with expectations for the rest of the series. In fact, a few years ago I read a series that started with a major plot twist at the end of the first. The rest in the series were good, but never quite lived up to that first one. I’m not saying you can’t have a twist in a book in the series, I’m saying I don’t think that’s the right way to go in this case. So, what do I do? What I usually do. Keep writing, think about it at odd times, go for a run or two where inspiration often strikes, and hope I come up with the right ending at the right time. I’ll let you know how it goes.