Best ending for my story? Heroe wins or fails?

Question

Description: Five friends develop a deep bond of friendship, loyalty, and trust while facing many overwhelming obstacles in the face of adversity. Joined together by basketball, they decide to enter a basketball tournament in hopes of winning the championship. Numerous off-court obstacles threaten to ruin this cinderella story.

Ok, big question: Do they lose the championship but grow from their experiences and learn that sometimes life can be unfair, or do they win in glorious fashion and still grow from their experiences? They way I have it now is they lose but learn there is more to it than winning, overcoming obstacles, better prepared for life.

Answer 1

ok are you the same person who asked the one about the guy phil who was obsessed with p**n?

Answer 2

sounds boring anyway

Answer 3

Losing is MUCH more interesting

Answer 4

Fails cuz thats always the happy ending.

Answer 5

Loose the championship and grow from the experience.

Answer 6

change it to chess and make the other team cheat by moving Pisces around. MUCH more interesting!!

Answer 7

I think the best endings are when they suprise you and the Villian wins.

Answer 8

Have them win, i don't like it when they don't.

Good luck!

Answer 9

have them win, too many sport stories these days have them loose

Answer 10

FAIL cause ib all of the movies n books the protagonist always wins n survives so u should make him fail to make your story stand out u know!!!!

Answer 11

Your instincts are good. The story isn't really about who wins or loses the game; the real victory is something deeper. Someone overcomes their immaturity and reaches out to help one of his friends, or something like that. Figure out what the real meaning of your story is, and then you'll know whether their actually winning or losing the championship supports your real meaning better. Good luck.  

Answer 12

make it they lose

stories like that always have a happy

ending make your different from the others

you can have them fail and mabey try again next tourniment or fail learn from there mistakes which makes them even closer friends and prepared for life

and that gives out a good message

"there is more to life than winning"

Answer 13

That is why I dont write stories about sports. Movies used to always make the protagonist win, then they all caught on and now everyone gets second place.

The result is a bunch of cliches. Why dont you have them get disqualified for something minor? Or one of the team dies and in mourning, they attend the funeral rather than the game...

just ideas. I'm not a sports person in the first place, so maybe I'm not the best one to answer.  

Answer 14

I would say let them lose and learn..I say this because most typical stories have a happy ending. From this the audience can learn a moral lesson: instead of living their life with regret, they can finally move on and be a better person. I think you should add a twist to your story, and make the audience believe that the team is going to win and make them lose. Surprise the audience because it has more of a dramatic effect. Good luck!

Answer 15

Who are you writing for? If it's for kids, then have them lose. Children should learn as soon as possible that winning isn't everything, it is possible to lose, and losing isn't the end of the world. If you're writing for adults or teens, then do whatever feels more right to you.

Answer 16

i think the other team should lose there tempor and cheat. so that the friends learn to take loosing but a day later they are told they won and become closer. still at the end though they give the trophie to the other team and keep the trophey of keeping their friendship