Appealing to Readers with Surprise Endings and Universal Themes

Award-winning author and scientist Arthur Doweyko explains how he uses themes and endings to craft an engaging story. Doweyko enjoys playing with wonder through a surprise ending that can be twisted to bend a reader’s mind. He has a fun secret for his writing process that engages readers and leaves them shocked at the end of the story. The build-up to an end, though, requires that a reader has already been captivated by the story and the world crafted by an author. That same wonder that he uses...