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I, like most writers, have a number of ideas about my current work in progress. I know how some chapters in the story will play out almost precisely (the ending / final chapter, for example) and h...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:40:04Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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M.Y. David
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2019-12-08T05:40:04Z (almost 5 years ago)
I, like most writers, have a number of ideas about my current work in progress. I know how some chapters in the story will play out almost precisely (the ending / final chapter, for example) and how some other key chapters will also play out (in the middle of the story). I would like to know how common it is - and/or whether or not it is recommended (ideally based on personal experiences) - for writers to write chapters in a non-sequential order and then string them together at the end. The main problem that I can see with this is linking up the plot if something should happen in the middle that hadn't been accounted for earlier in the story. However, as I have already mentioned, I have a very good idea how the **main** chapters will play out - the majority of the remaining chapters are mostly "filler" chapters which **help progress the story but not the plot** - for example, characters travelling between locations, minor conflicts, and so on.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-10-12T08:24:54Z (about 8 years ago)
Original score: 7