"I’m not going to tell you how I write a plot because everyone does it differently, and your..."

“I’m not going to tell you how I write a plot because everyone does it differently, and your own way is best for you.


But I will say something about the ending of a novel. I find that very often, at the ending of a novel, the writer (me, or you) will use a verb like ‘realized’, or ‘understood’, or ‘knew’, or ‘found’. It’s the job of the protagonist to accomplish all of those things.


And it’s the job of the writer to show the reader how it happened, by choosing just the right words.”

- Lois Lowry, on writing towards an ending.