To Be Continued

The chapters of epic furry stories almost always end with "to be continued". Sometimes even the shorter stories (only one html file) will have them, some undeservedly so, as in the case of bad yiff stories. This practice appears to be heavily inspired by the television, because few published novels (possibly none) ever incorporate this phrase into the text. Even authors like J.K. Rowling prefer to plop down the last semi-conclusive line and leave it at that rather than slap a "to be continued!" after the last sentence like it belongs there. It appears to be the earmark of unprofessional writing to include the phrase at all, but tons of people do it.