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One last Poll!!

  • The Carl/Bruce scene is a better ending, but remove the Reece scene in between and make that the start of the next book. 6
  • The Carl/Bruce scene is a better ending, but keep the Reece scene in between and start the next book with Reece reacting to Lady Diana 10
  • 2018-08-08
  • 16 votes
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Content

Hey guys! 

Okay I think i nearly have this ending figured out and unfortunately it's not where the last poll indicated. ><!

After much consideration, I'm leaning towards making the last line in the Bruce/Carl scene the last line of the epilogue and book.

Having said that I still have one more issue. The scene that is currently in between the two Bruce scenes, where Reece sees lady Diana is my conundrum. On one hand, it does leave the party at a point of uncertainty, but i'm not sure how much impact or value it has, especially sandwiched in between the Bruce scenes.

My question is, should i include this scene in the Epilogue at all or just leave it out completely and have the two Bruce/Carl scenes as the full Epilogue and ends the party's story in Chapter 45. 

If i remove it, then them racing across the caldera becomes the opening scene for the next book. 

If i keep it in, then the opening of the next book is where Reece reacts to seeing Lady Diana with fury rising in his chest.

The better opening for the next book is a decision point too. 

So i need your opinions yet again. If i make the Bruce/Carl scenes the ending, do i keep that scene in between them in there or not.

Please vote and comment below!! :D

P.s. Ack! I forgot to include an option for if you don't agree that point is the best ending, but if you don't, just leave a comment. 

Comments

Robert Quach

I think seeing diana in this book is important because it creates alot more tension and anticipation than our heroes escaping off into the sunset. Also I think you can end it with a peek into Reece's rage and easily start the next sequence growing it. It doesn't have to be a steep escalation and it's not like braxus has to try all that hard to piss him off even more.

Radar

Hi Rick, overall excellent writing. Just a thought for you …. In this book, I thought you could have more strongly developed what I will call the sci-fi element of your story. Accordingly, I would have liked to see more of its "real world" story progression towards the end. I think LitRPG stories lose much of their potential when devolving into a linear dungeon crawl of getting to the "epic" boss scene - simply because it is so predictable: struggles, almost lose it all, victory. I feel like you simply went full dungeon crawl since you left the labyrinth and, therefor, the ending could have used a stronger and more interesting Carl/Bruce scene (maybe a chapter??) to pull that back to the forefront. I am biased though I really prefer sci-fi versus fantasy. Overall - nice work.

Rick Scott

Thanks guys... man a dead heat!! xD Still to tough to decide.

Will's Fainting Goat

Well that's a tough one... I don't envy that decision in the least but either way it's a good ending and just depends how much of a cliffhanger you want. For me it was kinda like Dakota krouts 2nd book in Divine dungeon, I had to break away from that series for a little because the massive cliffhanger got under my skin a little but I came back to it anyway since it's a damn good series.