Outlines and New Stories

2017 #ROW80 Round 1: Check-In #17 | 10 Minute Novelist: Update #9

Knowing the next story I want to write doesn’t mean it’s easy to start writing it. Getting start it has always been the most difficult part for me. Perhaps because I have to gather my ideas in a way that makes sense before I can start working on a basic outline. Sometimes I only have one or two characters I want to work on and it takes some time to find a plot that fits or vice-versa.

One thing I do between stories is to read a...