Intuitive ideas

General Carrera Lake, inside Marmol Caverns, Aysen region-Chile
Photo: Nico14uc 

I made a note to myself today: Don’t get ridof intuitive ideas just because you can’t initially see how they fit.

When writing asa ‘kind of pantser’ – the best way I can describe myself – odd things creepinto the writing that I know have a part to play but don’t immediatley see how theyfit into the overall plan.

Two such thingscome to mind about my latest book. First, there’s a traumatic event in theopening c...