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The art of ending a story faster than the audience wants it to end.
means The final stage of a sale or deal where agreement is sealed and signatures land.
from From Old English 'clysan,' to shut or bring to an end, itself tied to the idea of a door swinging shut — by the 20th century American sales culture had turned 'closing' into its own verb-ritual, the moment you shut the deal the way you'd shut a door, firmly and on purpose.
- origin
- From Latin claudere, to shut or block
- sales term
- Always be closing debuted in Glengarry Glen Ross
- real estate
- Average US closing takes 44 days
- film trick
- Closing shot often filmed first, not last