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The four sentences below, labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4, can be arranged into a coherent paragraph. Decide the correct order.
1. The novelist revised the manuscript's opening chapter seven times, unsatisfied with how abruptly the protagonist's motivation was introduced.
2. Only on the eighth attempt, after cutting the first three pages entirely, did the chapter's pacing finally match the urgency the rest of the novel demanded.
3. Each revision solved one problem, pacing, clarity, tone, while quietly introducing another that only became visible once the fix was in place.
4. This experience later convinced her to advise young writers that a difficult opening chapter is rarely fixed by addition, only by ruthless subtraction.
1. The novelist revised the manuscript's opening chapter seven times, unsatisfied with how abruptly the protagonist's motivation was introduced.
2. Only on the eighth attempt, after cutting the first three pages entirely, did the chapter's pacing finally match the urgency the rest of the novel demanded.
3. Each revision solved one problem, pacing, clarity, tone, while quietly introducing another that only became visible once the fix was in place.
4. This experience later convinced her to advise young writers that a difficult opening chapter is rarely fixed by addition, only by ruthless subtraction.
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Answer: 1324
Sentence 1 sets up the specific problem (seven revisions, abrupt motivation). Sentence 3 explains the recurring pattern across those revisions. Sentence 2 gives the resolution ('Only on the eighth attempt...'). Sentence 4 draws the broader lesson she later shared with others. The order 1→3→2→4 moves from problem to pattern to resolution to lesson.
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