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How can I avoid a predictable plot? Don't plan the storyline. If the writer doesn't know then how can the readers? (Only if the writer's thinking is predictable, not a savoury answer sure.) ...
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> How can I avoid a predictable plot? Don't plan the storyline. If the writer doesn't know then how can the readers? (Only if the writer's thinking is predictable, not a savoury answer sure.) Have a read of this [blogpost](http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/6-secrets-of-writing-a-novel-without-an-outline) on writersdigest.com, it'll push your boundaries if you let it. Paradox: > In storytelling, what will happen informs what is happening, and what is happening informs what did. You cannot know where a story needs to go until you know where it’s been, but you cannot know where it needs to have been until you know where it’s going.
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2018-11-08T00:47:09Z (about 6 years ago)
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