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As promised, here's my #thread for 'My Abandoned Den'. If you haven't read the story, then check it out at:

http://thescruffywriter.com/post/my-abandoned-den

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Planning:

The important stuff to get down before I start the story is the theme, the setting, and the character. It's mostly bullet points and scribbles. This is my own way of getting an idea started

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Structure:

I note the big events of the story. In the early draft that was going to the den, the first memories, and the journal (more on that later)

A graph works for me because it makes sure that I'm constantly raising the stakes.

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Early drafts:

I've said it before, but the ending had to go. I thought it was a mystery for the sake of it, it was filled with cliches and it was a dull read.

Aside from that, very little changed on a story level; but that ending haunted me.

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The final version felt so much stronger to me. I thought it was a The final draft:

This ending was much better. It answered the flashbacks, but it also pushed the story into a new direction for the narrator and Eddie.

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Final notes:

- The park and the den are real. They're at the end of my street
- Eddie Yule is a name made out of two of my school bullies
- if you enjoyed this thread, dont forget to like and RT

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