(urth) Query

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Fri Mar 5 14:57:33 PST 2010


Which explains a lot of literary fiction ...

I've always followed this particular piece of advice. Some authors talk about letting their characters find their way (Le Guin for example), but that doesn't work for me. 

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--- On Fri, 3/5/10, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
...


> > 3. Start with the ending of your story and then slowly work
> > backwards
> > to how you got there. That way your plot will tend to lead
> > to a
> > satisfactory end. For example, a Cinderella is a poor girl
> > who marries
> > a prince. How do they meet? Well, maybe he has this shoe
> > and he is
> > going to marry the girl it fits? Well, why should it fit
> > her? etc.
>   

That's interesting because it's exactly what some critics
and educators on literary fiction tell you not to do.





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