Your reader wants to feel something at the conclusion of the story. They can feel happy because the characters fell in love, or they might be sad because someone died in a terrible car accident. If the story was a thriller, they might carry a fear with them for a few days, concerned that something similar might happen to them.

A good ending gives food for thought. The reader needs to process the journey that the character just traveled. The reader might think back over all the events that affected the main character, sometimes wishing that something different had happened.

Imagine how your reader would feel if your character checks into a rehab center to due to a drug addiction. He gets cured, but when he leaves, returns to those same drugs.

Perhaps your character receives an award for bravery or she is promoted to CEO or makes a major scientific discovery that cures cancer.

These are the stories that make the reader sigh.

Your task is to write a solid story with a beginning, middle and end. Challenge the character in ways that cause her to falter, and then recover. When you get to the ending, ask yourself how the story made you feel.

Rewrite the ending, adding clarification or details to give depth, something that will cause a reader to pause.

Have fun with this one.