October of last year, I mapped out a new novel, beginning, middle, and end. I fast-drafted it during NaNoWriMo in November, hitting 57k words. The word count topped 50k, so technically, I won. But by…
Continue viewing ...The novel I thought I was writing is not the book I need to write
I’ve been thinking about the common metaphors for the writing experience, or at least of novel creation. One is the planner/pantser dichotomy. Either you plot it in advance or make it up as you go.…
I’m an intuitive writer. When working on a creative project, I begin with a seed idea and then it grows from there. I can’t tell you what that seed always is. Sometimes it’s a voice…
Continue viewing ...The individual spark from draft 0 through version 20