Hey Joey! As quick as I can
Ultimately it is up to your better judgement, but what I will say is that the marker will mark the story on its merits. If the cliffhanger works, then they'll pay you and assume (correctly) that you did it on purpose. If it doesn't add much they'll penalise you for that, it's irrespective of you finishing or not, they mark what is there
Give me a brief run down of the plot and what the cliffhanger is! I'll let you know if I think it is cliche
Thanks for replying!
My story starts off with the generic description of the 5 senses and the main characters background. Then the actual plot starts with a series of online messages with what appears to be a girl named "Elena". Then I 'discover' that the online user, "Elena", is actually a teenage boy, named Connor Brent, that had bullied me in primary school. I give a flashback of a bullying scene (In the exam, I'm going to be writing this flashback in italics) and then follow it up by making the decision to unfriend + block him.
The whole creative writing piece is 4 written pages => ~900 words.
Now that you understand the basis of my creative writing;
The cliffhanger: "I turn around and see Connor Brent walk through my front door..."
(Note: How he got my address is not specified in my story. Would this be logically inconsistent?)
The reason why I wrote the cliffhanger in the first place was because I wanted to leave the marker with questions in their head. Is Connor going to apologise? Did he remember me from primary school and pose as a fake girl to get my attention, so he can bully me again?
Thanks!