So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs,
however, are known to favor the stretch in between, since it's the hardest to do anything with.
That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing
after another, a what and a what, and a what.
Now try How and Why.
The last paragraph is metaficitional because it self-consciously addresses its status posing questions about the relaionship between fiction and reality. The last paragraph lets the reader know that the story knows and is aware of what it's talking about because it comments on itself. What this does for the story is that it makes it more postmodern because in addition to having no real & consistent plot, it affirms the ability of the writer to change whatever ending he wants it to be and give his subjective thoughts.
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