My 5 Step Process

When I start a new novel I always go through a process. I can never just sit down and start writing, not without knowing the outcome of the story. There has to be a timeline, there has to be a plan for the characters. Knowing their own unique personalities before I begin is most important to me. In the novel I’m working on now I have SO many characters that separated them by their ownersonality has been difficult at times, but working in so many different settings has helped and it is probabl...