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I like Tolkien's stuff and god knows I never read that in any semblance of order

I knew you wouldn't let me down, Phil!

ZING!

Clo is a broad?

Come study abroad in my apartment.

The problem with planning the ending is, more often than not, you focus too much on getting from Point A (beginning) to Point B (set ending) and the middle part ends up severely lacking in writing strength. If you arrive at the tragic ending without planning, it is usually a better story for it.

Then again, I've written all of one story in the last four years, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

Aye, that's good advice. I've been planning this one for a while but the ending is all that eludes me. It certainly seems like it could be a tragedy, I don't see a happy ending fitting well into the setting. It's a short though, so maybe I'll write multiple endings and post them up to see what you all think.

You should begin it without a definitive path and end it in the way that seems the best for the story. You don't want to automatically decide that it should have a tragic ending if it is unnecessary.