First Drafting…

I told you I was back at work on a new series, and I’ve been busy with the first draft for a few weeks now.  I’m not going to tell you all about it yet, but I thought I could share some of the process with you.

I’m a big first drafter which means I don’t outline.  I don’t create elaborate story webs.  I don’t even have a general idea of where the story is going when I first sit down to write.  It becomes really clear once I hit a roll, though.

I enjoy the flow of writing, of letting my characters develop and take me places without a firm ending in mind.  This series is a bit of an exception.   I have some general ideas of where we’re going on this journey – and a pretty good idea of where we’ll end up – but the magic is in the relationships between the characters.  In the mystery.  In the little details that seem so logical, yet are purely from my imagination.

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For me, that’s the fun in writing.  This series is a little more serious than the last one, but no less magical.  It’s an adventure through Boston – with a lawyer – and an investment banker – with a little murder, a little fantasy, and a whole lot of feathers… Sounds like fun, right?

It will be.  I promise.

I write to take my readers on adventures so you can drop out of your own busy life for a while and travel with me and my characters.  So let’s plan to get lost together in the next few months.  I’ll be in charge of directions.