Been working on some short stories recently.

Some people start with the characters, or plot or tone, or pacing, I’ve been starting with the ending. The last line in the story. Just as a challenge mainly. As few of us know our last lines of our lives or stories!

It helps to know the ending of the story to make the middle and beginning make sense. Meaning is often found in birth and death, as they say!

I’ve been starting some of the little short stories I’m writing with the last line.

Every time I do, the story comes together better.

I’m not sure there is an exact analogy to life. But endings matter!

All mine, of course, are new beginnings!

Fun exercise in story writing—start with ending, and work backwards.

It may be because I’m learning Hebrew which is written from right to left, or it may be because I’m just fascinated when things end well. Or, that i like listening to very old people’s life’s stories. The ending matters. And contextualizes the in between parts!