Sometimes there is no "forwards" -- although some elements can be both painfully backward and rudely froward at the same time. Some of my best writing has started with the tag line, and the whole rest of the tale is therefore perforce "backstory" ...%P

Best of luck with wrestling it into submissable form submission, dear. I know you'll win in the end. Then, of course, we all win, 'cause we'll get to read new V-fic! ;]