A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.
The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.
I'm one of those people who think that stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end, and then they're over, and then you tell the next story.
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.
It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all.
A story really isn't truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion.
Not every story in history has a beginning, a middle and an end, but the wreck of the Titanic does. It begins when they leave, in the middle it hits an iceberg, and in the final two hours, the ship sinks.
I think stories do have an ending. I think they need to have an ending eventually because that is a story: a beginning, middle and end. If you draw out the end too long, I think storytelling can get tired.
If you're gonna start a story, you start from the beginning, right?