Off Topic Picture: Gina prepares for Hurricane SandyFirst of all, I want to extend my thanks to all the people who congratulated me on my HarperCollins deal via the blog, Facebook, Twitter, and email. I feel honored to know so many supportive people who celebrated...
Now that I have finished the first draft of my WIP, I’m ready to start outlining it.I’ve never understood how writers outline their stories before writing them. Sure, I could make up an outline before writing the draft, but my characters won’t feel any...
Last week I turned in my CAGED GRAVES revisions to my editor. After five weeks of intensive work, I was very excited by the results and proud of the new version of the manuscript. Very quickly, however, the thrill of completion turned into the uncertainty of …...
Are you an outliner or a pantster – or do you use elements of each? Have you blogged about your process?I’ll be leading two writing workshops this November and examining how to build a plot through one method or another (or a clever combination of both). The first...
