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I don't think you should even start the story until you know what the end is, therefore what it's about.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "04410ea1-8ef4-4eda-92c5-93d89125eb41", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.72, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.23 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "I wholeheartedly agree that writers should write all the way to the end and then rewrite. In fact, I'd recommend doing that more than once. 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And don't worry that starting with a solid idea of where you're going will stifle your creativity and take all the joy and inspiration out of the journey. It won't.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "6486c8ff-79e4-4907-82f4-e77c62a35927", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.72, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.69 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "For one thing, until you've actually written at least one draft everything is still just preliminary, theoretical. While you're writing towards an ending you've already come up with, you may suddenly find that the story is telling you to go elsewhere.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "65489001-4ec2-4d9d-893f-9174023cadaa", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.03, "w": 0.72, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.46 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "So if you don't know how your story ends when you start writing, be prepared to pay a lot extra to get there.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "6e639f63-2616-44bb-90ff-87c9f0afde59", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.06, "w": 0.72, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.39 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "\"What it's about\" will likely change during the course of writing a draft, but it's too common to meander and write yourself into corners when trying to get to an unspecified ending.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "7e355562-2370-4d03-85c6-7b9208e78c60", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.72, "x": 0.14, "y": 0.14 }, "kind": "title", "text": "Trying for theme is important, but you won't see what the story is actually about til you're at the end of it. 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