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Month: April 2018

Backward Forward Sideways Outlining

Backward Forward Sideways Outlining

Main Points · Step one: start with a climactic ending, pick the emotional impact you want to create, then plot backward. · Step two: when you get stuck, go to the beginning and plot forward keeping your ending in mind. · Step three: when you get stuck, choose a middle and plot sideways (backward and forward from that point), trying to connect your beginning, middle, and ending sections. · Step four: if you get stuck, pick other significant scenes in…

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