Can you write a story backwards?

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  1. JCC

    JCC New Member

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    Congrats on your programmer wanting your video game story!
     
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    Memento.

    The process is the same though. Actually, Memento is quite instructive if you know how to analyze well.
     
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    My game has been published, so that's great ;)
     
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    Congratulations! That's amazing :)

    Is it anywhere to view online? I'd love to have a look at your work.
     
  5. Bearprint

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    Not sure I can post it here on this forum, advertising and all.

    And I don't have enough credit to post it in that other forum designed for it. But it's a good game.
     
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    Still sounds amazing :)

    What's the game called?
     
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    Not allowed to say, but I can send private messages.
     
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    I'm kind of doing that in my new/first novel. It's about a mature woman living and loving her life in the present but looking back at her history of childhood emotional abuse and incest. It's basically the story of how she managed to get to where she is in the present day.......she's beginning where she is in her present and backtracking.
     
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    Martha Mitchell wrote "Gone with the Wind," beginning with the last chapter, and the others in no particular order. The end is as good a place to start as the beginning!
     
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    Yes! For sure! When you are writing the first draft, anything goes. I think most people start with a few scenes they have in mind and then fill in the spaces. I don't think that's too much different from writing backward.
     
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