Organization

There is nothing worse then reading a story that starts in a completely different place than it finishes. Your story should have three parts.

Beginning - Sets up the characters and conflict. Whatever the problem is here will be resolved at the end.

Middle - The main part of the story. The conflict that started your story should build and build until it's close to a conclusion. This is not the time to introduce new conflicts or finished/forget about the original conflict

End - The conflict should reach its climax. This is where chaos should ensue. Everything should reach the end, and then there should be a short wind down to life that will become normal once again.

Hopefully some people find this helpful when writing their stories. The very best thing you can do is to write a quick outline of the entire story, so you always know which direction your headed.