Writing

This blog is meant to focus primarily on writing, so while busy on the new book, I've been thinking about the creative process. The analogy I've come up with involves tree trunks and branches.

'Asboville' came together in reverse order. I had lots of leaves on lots of branches and sort of worked backward to the trunk in a bid to join them together. Perhaps this is why the book has 38 Chapters over 214 pages. It's a valid process and one I'm kind of using again with book number two.

I guess what I'm saying is, you don't have to start at the beginning and work towards an end.

I've also been thinking about drafting. One of the stumbling blocks a writer might face is trying to get everything right first time but searching for the perfect sentence is not always the answer. Get stuff down and then re-visit it. If the initial phase is exhausting, coming back to a general something and improving it is far less tiring.