Writing Notes: find three possible next chapters
When a draft stalls, a small change can uncover a direction. Explore consequences before adding another event. For an essay, ask what evidence could challenge the previous section.
Further reading: in John Wray’s published interview, Ursula K. Le Guin discusses her curiosity about other lives and ways of thinking. The exercises here are ours, not quotations or assignments from Le Guin.
Try it on your next page
Try this: write three one-sentence continuations: an expected outcome, an obstacle, and a changed assumption. Choose one and describe what the next chapter needs to do.
Further reading: Ursula K. Le Guin · The Paris Review
An original writing exercise from the AIBookCraft editorial team, with further reading from a published source.