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You want it to bend evenly, no "hinges". To over simplify it you take wood off where it does not bend enough, and you leave it alone where it bends too much. Do this over and over until it bends evenly.
paleoplanetdotnet has the best info in thier forums if you want to learn to be a bowyer.
Pic is another hickory selfbow I made, replica of an ancient bow found in a bog in Europe