Okay, while we wait for She Who Shall Not Be Named to throw together an edit of our rather raw first video diary entry, I'm throwing this up as a placeholder for the phase of novel writing that we will soon be moving into: PLOTTING!
I was never really a plotter. I prefered the creative mystery and freedom of not knowing where I was going, a pantser if you will. Problem was, my story would often lose steam. I often wasn't quite sure how to take things to a conclusion. I realised I needed to sit down and actually get some clarity around what the heck I was writing! BUT, I struggled. I dunno. The whole process of plotting things out (whiteboards, cue cards, aeon timeline) just seemed to hit a wall in my brain.
So, I came up with something that felt fun, a process that I enjoyed and that wouldn't take days and days of agonising over perfect arcs and character tensions and value shifts, etc., etc (not that those are bad, I love them, but more when I'm looking back over work already written).
You may find it useful. All up it should take six days and help you come up with a complete plot. Not a perfect plot, but at least something with a start and a finish to help those of us who are pantsers (and anyone else) not get lost in our own creative brilliance.
In a few short days you may actually see me working through this process on here in video form.
Let me know what you think. But remember... this ain't no masterclass!
J.
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