![]() ![]() So when I reached the climax of my third book, I tried on different endings in my mind. ![]() Since then, every single time I open myself to reader questions, I get this one: Do you regret it?Ī good ending, my writing professor told me in college, is both surprising but inevitable - and you have to earn it. ![]() This intense anger was provoked by a particular decision I had made: to end my series with the death of my main character. Up until then, my mentions were pretty tame, nothing outside the norm for a new author. It's harder to tell the difference than you'd think, and unlike many other women on the internet dealing with casual vitriol, I hadn't had much practice. Some were obvious hyperbole - like the person who threatened to "chop my breasts off" - and some were more frightening. At that point, I had been receiving angry messages - even threats - for weeks. Without hesitating, I blocked the user and closed Twitter. ![]() Within seconds, I received a reply: I hope you freeze to death. As I waited for my husband to drive back to the apartment to let me in, I sat on my back steps and tweeted about my misery, as one does. It was cold, and I had lost my keys somewhere along my path. In November 2013, the third book in my bestselling "Divergent" series, " Allegiant," had been on the shelves for a few weeks, and I was on a run. ![]()
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