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November 5th 2007 22:32
I didn't take my own advice this year, I am writing a story which was rather underdeveloped when I started writing. So I am writing with the most important thing missing: the ending.
No matter how little you want to plan, you should always have at least a very broad idea how your story is supposed to end. You need to keep the ending in mind and hurtle your characters towards it. Sure, they cannot get there via the path of least resistence, but they have to get there.
The thing about my story is, there are two possible endings to it. The more action packed plot is also the one that would have required a little more planning than I had time for in October. As for the other one, that may turn out rather anemic if I stretch it out over 50k. At the moment both plots are still an option, but I will need to make a decision in tomorrow's wrting session.
Maybe I should use lunch break to come up with an ending to give me some direction.
No matter how little you want to plan, you should always have at least a very broad idea how your story is supposed to end. You need to keep the ending in mind and hurtle your characters towards it. Sure, they cannot get there via the path of least resistence, but they have to get there.
The thing about my story is, there are two possible endings to it. The more action packed plot is also the one that would have required a little more planning than I had time for in October. As for the other one, that may turn out rather anemic if I stretch it out over 50k. At the moment both plots are still an option, but I will need to make a decision in tomorrow's wrting session.
Maybe I should use lunch break to come up with an ending to give me some direction.
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