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Cruel authors that present us with a cliffhanger just when the reading gets good and the bottom of the page is in sight..What to do??? Lets have some input here and suitable ideas of torture as reward..Its time us readers stood up for our rights as readers.Happy endings should be law-of-the-land..
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robert bryce
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Registered: January 1970
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I wonder if those cliffhangers are republicans??I guess in my next conference with GOD,Im gonna have to kick some butt...hehehe...rob
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Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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robert bryce
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Registered: January 1970
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was the dickens a yank??......never hurd of the bloke.....hehehe...rob
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Oh pooh!
Cliffhangers happen in everyday life just as much as in stories. It's just the way it is. Besides, like smith said, it is fun to konw that the readers will be kinda upset, kinda antsy for the next chapter and, well, that they get so concerned with the story that a cliffhanger that the readers actually get worried about the characters.
So just remember, if you want to punish an author for using a legitimate tool of the storyteller's craft, then you punish yourself. And really, the best way to do that is to simply not read anything after the cliffhanger.
Which we know you wont, heheheheh.
Besides, if it weren't cliffhangers, what would cliffs do?
Tongue in check, my brothers.
Cya.
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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Ack! Can you imagine how unbelievably BORING a story without cliffhangers would be? There'd be very little major suspense and everything would constantly be wrapped up nicely at the end of each chapter - almost as though each chapter was its own book! Cliffhangers - and I'm sure someone has already said this but I'd like to reiterate the point - are the device authors employ to keep the audience interested. If an author makes the reader say "What? That can't happen NOW! It was getting GOOD!" then he or she is doing his or her job.
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robert bryce
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Registered: January 1970
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Of course this is not a serious subject,but in all fairness to readers out there who do have rights,Authors that cliffhang should be hung by their hangers..That would force them to be more inventive and conscious of their masters wishes,the reader..Afterall,you authors dooooooo slave for us dont you..We the readers are your rightful masters---we dictate terms and conditions.....you writers WILL obey our slightest wishes....No more cliff- hangers..Content,content and content will be the only softening of the lash.........rob
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Terribly sorry. I was clearly WAY out of bounds back there. Please don't fire me.
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robert bryce
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Registered: January 1970
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just as long as the stories keep comming and no damn cliffhangers....rob
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robert bryce
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yea im gonna have a nice week,grabbing my rubber and erasing all those cliffhangers..im on a quest,cliffhangers beware.........rob
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robert bryce
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;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D  )
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I write clifhangers on occasion......
I just love it when I hear people screech to a grinding halt....
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I love em........
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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robert bryce
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Registered: January 1970
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sweetheart rob was just pulling your leg..hehehe
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robert bryce
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No more cliffhangers...................hehe.......rob
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That seems like a rather peculiar thing for God to say - "No more cliffhangers...................hehe.......rob." Was he talking to you, specifically? And why did he chuckle before saying your name? And how did YOU get a hold of a decree from God? Are you subscribed to some sort of mailing list? Can you give Him my address as well? (ha ha?)
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robert bryce
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absolutely not,only avid readers that wont tolorate cliffhangers get to have a direct connection to GOD---we readers are the chosen and the authors are our slaves...so get cracking and produce good works for our DESERVED pleasure.....hehehe.......rob
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I think this is the LONGEST thread I've seen here. Of course, that's not saying much as I've only been here for two days, really. Anyway, tell God I said "Hi."
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robert bryce
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Skidding to a screeching halt leaves skid marks,where I wont say...Go and cliffhang no more---thus sayith the skidmark god........rob;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D
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Story cliffhangers--Should they be outlawed?? 
Yeah, sure. No more cliffhangers. Anything you say. 
Re: Oh, woe is me! Many humble apologies. (master) 
Mr. maceronni? Who the heck is Mr. maceroni? 
