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Edit Post #3282 Initial revision about 5 years ago
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Question World Building critique: Building an SF society off a tangent of "Adaptation"
I'm writing a short story for my english final - I'm a junior in high school; we've already taken our AP exam, but our teacher wanted to finish the year with something meaningful. Anyway, I have been jotting some notes down on a phenomenon very personal and familiar to me. I would like to express th...
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over 13 years ago
Question Decide on a theme/overarching meaning before writing a short story?
I want my short story to have a specific point, to highlight a certain truth. But I wonder in which order I should proceed: make the plot, characters etc. first and worry about fitting my theme into the story later, or start with the point I'm trying to make and build my plot and characters around it...
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about 14 years ago