Writing a New Book/My Process
I'm not the writer who plans out a book chapter by chapter. I've tried, but it doesn't work for me. I'm what the call a "pantser" which stands for writing by the seat of your pants. Though I do always have a vague idea of many things for a new book: 1. If I'm writing a mystery for a series, which I'm doing now, I know who the main characters are. 2. Next, the setting. I need to know where the mystery is going to take place. For this new one, all will happen in Bear Creek. I also have to decide upon the time of year. For this book it's autumn. 3. The main plot (the mystery) I have, at least the beginning. And I'm going to have to create the characters to go along with it, what they look or looked like, and their names. 4. I like to have a couple of side plots, and I've already decided on two for this new book. 5. Because it's a mystery, I need to figure out who the villian is--at this point, I do not know. When I'm writing, I see t...