Authors on the Importance of Writing the Final Chapter First

Authors on the Importance of Writing the Final Chapter FirstBy Alison NastasiJune 30 2013Share:Writing isn’t necessarily a linear process. History shows that authors frequently composed their novels by writing or conceptualizing the final chapter or sentence first. Today marks the 77th anniversary of the publication of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. She famously wrote her best-selling story of the Old South backwards, penning the saddest parts of the Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara...