DiscoverEssential Guide to Writing a NovelEpisode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.
Episode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.

Episode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.

Update: 2025-10-31
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Kurt Vonnegut said we should "Start as close to the end as possible."  What did he mean?  How can we do so?  Here are thoughts on this famous piece of advice from a legendary novelist.  Also, avoiding the word "not" to give our sentences more energy.  And Orson Scott Card on creativity.

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Episode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.

Episode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.

James Thayer