Posts Tagged: plot outlines
Any chronic plotters out there? *Raises hand* When I plan a story, I make outlines, and outlines of outlines. I color-code, draw story arcs, reorder scenes, and so on. Maybe it’s an occupational hazard for mystery writers, because we have to plant the clues, the red-herrings, and the obstacles. We need to know “whodunnit” (or…
You’ve finished your first novel. Woo-hoo! Now you wait…for an agent, a publisher, or what have you (a lot of us are in the “what have you” phase). What’s next? Start on the next book. That’s a piece of advice I had heard over and over: Don’t stagnate. Keep the momentum going. Be the…
