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You have to know it beforehand & work it out methodically from there.
No you don't. At least I hope not, as I generally don't have a clue about all the intricacies and twists until I start writing (and revising).
I have amazing admiration for people who can get all their ducks in a row before they start writing and get the story fully in place and fleshed out in draft 1, but I don't think all, or even most, writers work this way. Anne McCaffrey famously said something along the lines of not knowing how her stories were going to end, for instance, (and that's why she wrote them).