Cliff Hangers
Cliffhangers are created to keep the reader from dropping the book. It is extremely important for every book to end a chapter on a cliffhanger. Though it is good for the book, it is bad for the readers health. Their sounds of agony when the chapter ends on a cliffhanger is excruciating, and a few readers may even fall into a short round of depression and anxiety.
But imagine how excruciating it is to die a chapter before the book is about to end. Just imagine how sad that is. Even if you already know what is about to happen, you need to see it written in words. To make sure that the author didn't place a huge twist that would change your perspective of the whole book.
'My life is so sad' I thought to myself, crying loudly. That is, until it came to me that I was crying. I quickly blinked open my eyes, before closing them yet again. The sun was too bright! Way too bright for a couch potato such as me. There's a reason why potatoes flourish underground, you know, where the sunlight doesn't reach them.
"Shhh, shhhh, don't cry my baby, it's alright," a sweet gentle voice called out and a large hand gently patted my back. I instantly stopped crying, not because of this stranger who was trying to calm me down, but because I was afraid of this giant stranger.
How would you feel if you woke up to a stranger patting your back, who's hand is as large as your back if I may add. As the hand kept patting my back gently, I slowly opened my eyes to see who it was. It didn't help, it seemed as if I was being carried by this stranger and my face could only stare behind her. Gee, this piece of wood sure looks great!
As if she read my mind, she went from carrying me on her shoulder to placing me on her lap. That was when I saw my stiff arms, stiff chubby arms if I may add.
'I'm a baby? Wait...so I did die. That means...my wish came true! I have been reincarnated! With my memories intact. Now I shall be hailed a genius and get rich! I can finally be one of those genius kids on TV that everyone watches in awe!' I giggled at the thought and the woman holding me laughed as well, I froze. 'She didn't read my mind, did she? This is so embarrassing.
"Baby is so cute!" she said while laughing.
'Nah, it's impossible for people to read minds, what was I thinking! She was probably thinking of my cute laugh. Besides, if she could then she probably wouldn't be laughing, I mean I did just take over her daughters body.'
'Wait...does that mean the baby died? Or is it that I killed the baby when I took over the body....Can a babies brain handle a teenagers memory? Will I become a vegetable? Will I die?' such thoughts started clouding my head and in my worry and the guilt of talking over the babies body was the only emotion besides worry that I felt.
'I took a babies future, that was so mean! And I didn't even mean to! The price of doing so might get me killed...again!' Without my noticing, my eyes were already drooping and I fell into a sleep that saved me from all my worries and doubts. I guess that habit stuck with me. Bad habits sure are hard to get rid off, they follow you even in your next life! [2]
[2] sleeping to escape your problems