RealTalkAJ

We’re gonna discuss endings to stories. Specifically how inconsistent thematic elements can throw them off to the point of frustration and confusion.

Inconsistency all across the board is generally a negative thing that frustrates people who choose to commit with a story.

It ties in with work ethics mainly for me. If you can’t be consistent, nobody’s gonna want to trust you. I’ve said it countless times before— consumers appreciate familiarity. We’re in a content creation era: inadvertently that means being able to tell a story from your own allows you to find success in a career that supports it.

To get more thorough with our understanding on why we wanna avoid inconsistency with our themes when composing the ending to our stories, we have to understand it makes no sense.

Makes no sense

The themes that string together our story has to organically and naturally flow in a way where each point compliments the next. If we’re not able to do that, it becomes too random. The only projects where I’ve seen it work well would mainly be in sketch comedy pieces. Maybe even anthology series, but even then there’s some part to it that’s consistent.

Things make sense to me when it parallels things that I recognize already. I mentioned the comedy sketch series where it works well. That’s the case most of the time because almost without fail they utilize pop culture. They’ll constantly create parodies out of things that the world is familiar with.

Final thoughts

If you’re getting feedback about your stories not being up to par, you’re likely dealing with inconsistency with the themes you’re presenting.

Themes creating consistency, and consumers appreciate them in most cases. Doing something as simple as that will at least give you a shot at developing a story that has a strong product from start to finish.