Illustrator Pen Tool - Tapered Ends?

I'm having some problems trying to get tapered ends on my pen lines.
Here is an example of 3 lines I have drawn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Webscar/help.png
You can see the Tapered end (where the two lines meet) on the line marked "Yes" but the other two lines do not have the same tapered end... I cannot figure out what the difference is...
I am also trying to taper the ends of the line, currently I have to go to Object > Paths > Outline Stroke; then I have to manually taper the ends... this is Really annoying =(
Is there any way to get Illustrator to Automatically do this? It would help me out soo much! As I am trying to get an effect similar to this image:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Webscar/linework.png
Thank-you very much!

You can create an ArtBrush thusly:
1. Ellipse Tool: AltClick. In the resulting dialog, enter the height and width for a small circle with its diameter the thickness you want as the default thickest part of the tapered strokes. (ex: .125")
2. Convert AnchorPoint Tool: Click the left and right anchorPoints of the ellipse, to retract their handles. Leave the path selected.
3. Brushes Palette Flyout Menu: New... In the resulting dialog, make sure the direction arrow is pointing rightward. Set Colorization to Hue Shift. Click OK.
4. Draw a path with any drawing tool. Apply the Brush.
Such a Brush (and similarly simple ones) can be used to draw the linework of illustrations similar to the example you show. However, pointy "Vs" have to be drawn as two separate paths, because Brushes don't do mitering very well.
Understand, though, artwork like that in your example are typically done by drawing the linework as closed paths--drawing both sides of the "lines"-- not by "tapered strokes". An ArtBrush like that described above can be useful for drawing the initial sketch, though. Then Expand the Brush strokes, and use path operations to union them where they should join, cross, etc.; then fine-tune the results manually by adjusting anchorPoints and handles.
JET

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