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I tend to write my stories "backward." In a 12-chapter novel, I once wrote the first three chapters, then Chapter 12, Chapter 11, Chapter 10, Chapter 9, then chapters 4-8 in some random order. I k...
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System
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2019-12-08T04:47:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Tom Au
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2019-12-08T04:47:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
I tend to write my stories "backward." In a 12-chapter novel, I once wrote the first three chapters, then Chapter 12, Chapter 11, Chapter 10, Chapter 9, then chapters 4-8 in some random order. I know how the stories begin, and how I want them to end. The "middle" chapters are the hardest for me to write, because I'm not sure how to get from A to B. So I let A (the beginning) and B (the end) expand, until there is little enough left in the middle that I can force it to fit both ends. My secret is to have solid foundation (beginning). Then when you start at the end, you have something to "back into." Otherwise, you don't.
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System
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2015-11-19T15:01:47Z (almost 9 years ago)
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