As a fellow author, you know that there are many things that can prevent you from starting a new project, let alone completing it. There are many ways to organize your thoughts and to prepare to write. Often it's a balance between procrastination and preparedness. What I am sharing today is what works for me, and it's a simple suggestion: Know how the story ends.

Yep. That's it.

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In my previous Be an Author* blog on Agendas, I wrote that every character has an agenda. You do, too.

You have an agenda.

You always have a reason to write a story. To communicate. If you are successful, you will have gotten your reader to think about... what?

Your message, of course.

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This is where I suggest a story and try to convince you to read it this weekend. Today, I'd like to suggest Filly, Separated. The SF great, Kim Stanley Robinson, told me while giving pointers on writing that the most important thing to know is the message you are trying to get across. If you select something that tears into your soul, you'll give the

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