A Post With Two Topics

[deird_lj]

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For Writers

Do you guys often write stories where you already know how it's going to end before you start?
Not just generally knowing the plot - I'm talking the specific line that's going to be the last line in the fic.

I've just been thinking about my own writing, and I realised that, in fact, I often know the exact last line before I write the story. Mostly this means I'll end up figuring out what on earth the plot is just because I've got this last line sitting there, and I want to know how to get to it.

Does this happen to anyone else? Or just me?

(Bonus points if you can guess which of my stories started that way.)

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For Unaccomplished People

I just found out that the guy who sits across from me at work - who is two years younger than me - is about to buy a house.

I am feeling very disheartened and unaccomplished.

Please, regale me with your stories of how you didn't learn how to tie your shoes until you were ten, or never ever learned how to cook - so that I can laugh at you share your pain.

Comments

[deird1]

So... lots of catching the bus?

And - yay! Someone else like me!

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

I learned how to iron doing sets for the plays in high school, cause we had to iron out these big pieces of cloth that would go up in various places so they didn't look all wrinkly from storage.

Of course, I ended up burning myself quite often because we'd be ironing them on top of blankets on the floor since they were too big for ironing boards, and I would rest it on my knee or something. So I still fail!

Also I've never ironed since. There's no point, really.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

If anything of mine needs ironing, it goes to the cleaners. **g**

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I grew up in NYC. No one drives.