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Preparing for the Worst: The Negatively Framed Outline [1]

by
Benjamin Percy
The Literary Life [2]
July/August 2015 [3]
6.17.15

Pessimism can be a writer’s best friend: Fiction writer Benjamin Percy explores how the worst-case scenario can bring out the best in a story.

 

Tags: 
creative process [4] | writing practices [5] | writing exercises [6]
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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/preparing_for_the_worst_the_negatively_framed_outline
[2] https://www.pw.org/articles/the-literary-life
[3] https://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2015
[4] https://www.pw.org/tags/writing_lifestyle/creative_process
[5] https://www.pw.org/tags/writing_lifestyle/writing_practices
[6] https://www.pw.org/tags/writing_lifestyle/writing_exercises