"Oh I've been through the desert with a book with no theme . . ."

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Frequently my characters are having a conversation. I know exactly what points I want that conversation to touch on and I even know some of the dialog word for word before I write it.

But I don't know what order the topics have to come up to flow correctly. I have a small scene I have been trying to put together for ages. It doesn't even seem that important at the time where it falls in the story but it is basically a metaphor for the entire ...