Plan your ending before you start your writing.
First off, try not come up with a conclusion for your story after writing everything up to the ending. You need to know how your story will end before you write so you can come to a conclusion supported throughout the entire story, or at least parts of it. I come up with my endings after writing my beginning, so I at least have covered how to start and finish my story..
The resolution is crucial and should be given at least an effective starting point before you write, which you may build off of or twist as you get more ideas while progressing with your story.
My method for creating a conclusion.
Now, if this is going to happen, you must come up with as many possible outcomes as you can and answer many simple questions about your ending. Now think of a few obvious ways a writer could end his/her book. Then ask these endings in simple question form if you feel like continuing with them.
In my story I am writing the main character's brother starts becoming malformed and inhuman after a certain series of events with a mysterious rune. Soon, his loving brother is a sick and twisted murdering machine. They live deep in a forest and it is extremely unlikely they will receive or find help. So for possible outcomes, I ask myself these questions:
Will the main character die? No.
Will the main character flee for safety or help? No.
Will the main character kill his brother? No.
Will the main character turn his brother back to normal? Yes.
How?
I just ask a series of questions just like that and explain what will happen. This forces the writer to set a full mind on how they will resolve there story and how specifically it will be gone about.
I hope these guidelines are of some benefit to you; they helped me while I was stuck on my ending, so good luck.
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