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in a particular direction whether they want to go there or not,
with the result that your plot can seem contrived and your
characters can seem more like puppets than real people.o Not knowing where you’re going may sometimes be easier
than planning ahead and may even lead to a more satisfying
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and organically from the situation and the characters—an
inevitable result of your choices along the way. Of course, with
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into a corner or drafted a narrative that just peters out.z We’ve noted repeatedly that literature is the creation of meaning out of
an otherwise meaningless existence. The ending of a narrative is where
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we understand everything that came before. In other words, the secret
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unhappy, but that there’s nothing left to say.
Forster, $VSHFWVRIWKH1RYHO.
James, 7KH$VSHUQ3DSHUV.
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O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.”
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