While rummaging through my back catalogue last week, I stumbled upon an old post called Planning your story’s big finale. Allow me to indulge myself by quoting my own writing:

“Eighteen months in, I can see the end. It’s just peeking over the horizon, still a fair ways off but approaching with alarming rapidity. Which means I’m entering into a new phase: wrapping it all up. That process is what I’m talking about today.”

Such confidence! Marvel at the clarity of vision! I am an arrow loosed from the bow.

That post was published in May 2023. As some of you will already know, I didn’t finish publishing Tales from the Triverse until January 2026. We’re not talking about being a few months out here: that’s almost three years later! This is, of course, very silly and slightly embarrassing, and does call into question whether you should listen to anything I say.

You can read that old post here: https://open.substack.com/pub/simonkjones/p/planning-your-storys-big-finale?r=3rwg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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