Have you ever wondered how a mystery author is able to take seemingly unrelated issues and tie them all together in one neat conclusion? Backward design!
This is a concept that educators are familiar with, ie design an assessment based on what you want your students to know, then work backward, creating lesson plans that stair-step toward the assessment. Writers can do the same thing- create the final scene and work back from that point, insuring that the puzzle pieces fit and make sense.
I wish that life could be that easy! Can you imagine the gift of knowing the final outcome of your time here on earth? We could re- do the plot if we didn't care for the ending and work backward to make certain that all bases were covered. That would be the ultimate insurance plan, wouldn't it?
Just something to think on as you live your own story line.
Keep writing!
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