I am struggling (as I’m sure a lot of beginner’s might be) with the bulk rise, pre-shape, and final shape. The first several times I had great results. My problem most recently is when pre-shaping my tension tears and then the ball goes flat. I’m having trouble finding any good explanation or video as to what I can do, or is it just game over? My dough starts out nice and strong, good window pane stretch. So my problem has to be happening sometime after this point and is I’m sure user error. I’m determined to get this right, so thank you for being patient with my many questions.

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