Pantser? Sort of… Plotter? Sort of…

I’ve finally gotten to the stage with my new book where all the notes from all the research have been poured-over, pruned, and synthesized…

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I could just start writing the story; but, I need a bit of structure—some scaffolding—before I write the first draft.

My last novel, Notes from An Alien (free copy here…), had a detailed, scene-by-scene outline; but…

By the fourth chapter, the outline was so covered with cuts it almost bled to d...