A memory came to me. One time, in middle school, a famous author came to talk to our class and give a writing workshop. One of the things she told us about writing a novel was that the story should be about what the main character wants. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas. George Milton wants a farm of his own. Amelia Sedley wants to marry her darling George and live happily ever after. The end of the story, according to the famous author, is when the character either gests what he wants or realizes hes never going to get it. Or sometimes, she said, like Scarlett OHara in Gone With the Wind, realizes she doesnt actually want what she thought she wanted all along. pg. 324 of Bewitching

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