In the beginning: Organic Writing

By Patricia Rice

Back in typewriter days, I started a book knowing nothing more than the characters and an inciting situation. I built on those, sentence by sentence—until I reached the middle, which would inevitably fall flatter than a cold soufflé for lack of structure.

Once I had deadlines to meet, it became obvious that I didn’t have time to muddle with the middle, I needed to learn plotting. But I’m an organic writer and my muse requires words on the page to create inspiration.

Thus became...