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The writers Margaret Mitchell, John Irving, Graham Greene, Mickey Spillane, Richard Peck, Edgar Allan Poe, J.K. Rowling, and Agatha Christie all famously write/wrote their endings first, according ...
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2019-12-08T03:53:03Z (over 4 years ago)
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dmm
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2019-12-08T03:53:03Z (over 4 years ago)
The writers Margaret Mitchell, John Irving, Graham Greene, Mickey Spillane, Richard Peck, Edgar Allan Poe, J.K. Rowling, and Agatha Christie all famously write/wrote their endings first, according to [this website](http://flavorwire.com/401384/authors-on-the-importance-of-writing-the-final-chapter-first). So, you might want to reverse your thinking. Concoct the _previous_ scene from the bones of what you've just finished writing. This ensures that your novel does, in fact, have an ending. Now you just have to find a beginning. ;-) Or, do what I often do: Write up various scenes, in random order, as your inspiration for them gets fleshed out in your imagination. Then do some hard work and connect them.
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2014-11-19T17:02:26Z (over 9 years ago)
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