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So, my “unexpected dragon book,” working title “Windmark,” has just passed 70,000 words in the first draft and all hell is about to break loose, as it should when act three arrives! This is the fun part for me because, I’ll be honest, I do not actually know where this book is going.
That’s right. I do not know the plot.
It feels like a high fantasy trilogy, which means this book is setting up two more. But at this point I only have the same guesses a reader would (probably) have about what’s coming. It sounds nuts, but I’m finding out this is a far more productive, faster, and less painful way for me to write a book than plotting it out in advance.
To me, it feels more like “art” and less like “work.”
Let me explain.( Read more... )
That’s right. I do not know the plot.
It feels like a high fantasy trilogy, which means this book is setting up two more. But at this point I only have the same guesses a reader would (probably) have about what’s coming. It sounds nuts, but I’m finding out this is a far more productive, faster, and less painful way for me to write a book than plotting it out in advance.
To me, it feels more like “art” and less like “work.”
Let me explain.( Read more... )
