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Q&A Writing a Story From The End

There is a writing technique where a writer would imagine in her mind's eye where her story should end and will write it 'backwards'. Writing the end and then writing the chapters leading to end, s...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Oren_C‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:48:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Oren_C‭ · 2019-12-08T10:48:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
There is a writing technique where a writer would imagine in her mind's eye where her story should end and will write it 'backwards'. Writing the end and then writing the chapters leading to end, so on and so forth all the way to the start. I'm interested to know more.

Are there any best practices for writing a story this way?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-05T09:07:07Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2