Just an FYI, all my text in parenthesis, unless the writing is official, is lower-cased.  Just one of my quirks.

Exercise begins... now.

When readers read my novels, I want them to feel shocked, surprised, or pounded emotionally at the end. That's because, to me, novels are something that's supposed to have some sort of impact on your life. It's supposed to have a lesson, a theme, something that will impact your life. The greatest novels I have read have left me thinking for days, weeks, months, even years to come afterwards. Even in manga, the ending had better be a shocker with an ending that will make you THINK. It'll leave you emotional, and you can use that lesson when you come by a hard experience or time in your life. There's always something to think about in a novel, at least, an interesting one. The beginning should leave no hints, but show you how weak the character is at first and becomes stronger through the middle, and more thoughtful, until the ending gives them the lesson and the readers too. When you read a really good book, you become the character, more or less. That's all there is to it. Books with flat characters or no hard times are books that should be taken from the bookshelves, and placed in a paper shredder or SOMETHING. They're a waste of space. It takes good writing to make books like those exciting, but there's still no excuse not to have a powerful, well-themed ending. The plot should be solid, thick, without many holes or cliches. And if it is cliche, still, show character development. It isn't hard to make a character "grow up." Even in the most stupid, twisted cliche of boy meets girl, Girl doesn't like boy, Boy wins girl's heart should show character development and a THEME. It's hard to come by, for sure. Manga captures this well, because you can SEE the emotions and SEE the lessons. But it isn't hard to do in novels either. So I try to make my plot solid, and something slightly original. At least cliche with several twists and turns. I want my novels to be a roller coaster ride. Something that makes the reader not want to drop the book until they read the last word on the last page. No matter how difficult it is, I will write until I achieve that goal. It's something I'll probably have to fight with my whole life. Novels are an adventure, a story, a journey. Something that makes ME grow as well, because sometimes the lesson I find in the end is something I never even thought of. It's my adventure too, and when I become the character, it's something beautiful. I hate unimaginative words. Short sentences are nice for points, but NOT for description. Description worries me the most. Am I using too much? Too little? Normal amount, but I'm not focusing on the plot enough? It's a very difficult path, writing is. It's something that's worthwhile for me, but plots, subplots, and descriptions scare me. Everything else... I pray I have it down.

Ten minutes of puke from my psyche, baby.