Hi friends. This week, I shipped off a new, three-months-in-the-making draft to various concerned parties. I felt a sense of relief, and that was it. I had already squeezed every last ounce of catharsis out of the experience. By the end, I was just doing my job.
I noticed that you posted yesterday that you started writing some fiction this week, just a scene between two characters. Which has me super curious about how you write. Do you know your story and its end, your characters desires and flaws, what drives the plot? Or do you write like Doctorow, driving in the fog where you can only see as far as your headlights? Or is your process different for each book? I've had three novels published, started and stalled on two more, and am just beginning another one. Thanks!
It's wild that on 1/24 you said your brain was broke, and then 3 days later you wrote one of the most beautiful Craft Talks to date.
I noticed that you posted yesterday that you started writing some fiction this week, just a scene between two characters. Which has me super curious about how you write. Do you know your story and its end, your characters desires and flaws, what drives the plot? Or do you write like Doctorow, driving in the fog where you can only see as far as your headlights? Or is your process different for each book? I've had three novels published, started and stalled on two more, and am just beginning another one. Thanks!