In this post, I share the experiences of writers who have dreamed up novels which at least in part becomes reality true post-publication.
My process is the same every time I write a novel – and I’ve written 12 of them now – I start by jotting down ideas in a notebook.
Once they’ve had a chance to percolate in my unconscious, usually for many months, and sometimes fpr years, I wrestle the ideas into a rough outline of the plot. Then I begin to write, using the outline as a prompt, chapter by chapter, until I reach the end.
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