I&E follow-along: Finding the plot

This last couple of weeks I haven’t made a lot of progress on I&E because I’ve been catching up on promo work for The Prince of Lies: blog posts, interviews, etc. On the other hand the WiP has never been far from my mind, since my planning time is rapidly running out!

Because of all the changes I’ve made in the past few weeks, I now find myself with a bunch of characters in search of a plot. I have personal arcs for the protagonist and another major character, and I have the beginnings of a wider conflict – but I currently have little idea of where that’s going or who’s behind it, which is very frustrating. I think I need to sit down this weekend and use whatever tools Holly has given us on HtTS (Dot & Line, etc) to ferret out the main conflict and resultant plot.

On the plus side, I have a better idea of how the series is going to work structurally, and I even have a possible title and fledgling concept for a third book. Now if only I can rein my Muse in and focus on the WiP…