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You ever watch a movie and halfway through think, “Wait a minute... didn’t they mention that earlier?” That moment when a detail you barely clocked turns out to be the key to everything? That’s foreshadowing — and when it’s done right, it makes readers feel like they’re psychic. Done wrong? It’s like a bad magic trick where the magician drops the deck of cards.

I hear it all the time: “I can’t start writing because I don’t know where to begin.” Or, “I can’t finish because I don’t know where it’s...