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In a Q&A for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, Michael Arndt made the point that “happy endings are really underrated”. It got me thinking.

What’s wrong with a Hollywood ending?

Should you write a happy ending?

Commercial common sense will tell you: yes, you should.

Robert McKee says: “Tell the truth.”

(see the previous post)

“The finest writing not only reveals true character,
but arcs or changes to that inner nature, for better or worse.”
-Robert McKee

In 1998 McKee signed my first edition hardback of STORY. He wrote:

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