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Jennifer Cody:
Love your books!! Reader Question, Will there be more Hudson Hub stories or have you finished that line> Writer Question, How do you start plotting when you have a new idea? Thank you!
Jennifer Cody
Yes, I am planning to add to the Houston Hub stories. I am going to start the Sons D'Aquino series as soon as I finish the Murder Sprees and Hammer and fist series. I plan to close out those open series by the end of the fall, and then I will pursue the HH books, the Banshee House books, and the Corvin's Crows books in earnest.
As for plotting, I am a linear pantser. I write my rough drafts with no idea where things are headed and then in my revision I make it seem like I knew what I was doing the whole time. I keep a detailed book bible and every time my characters throw me for a loop, it goes in there. Also, my chaos is Character Led, as in, I let the story unfold from the character growth rather than plotting out the whole thing, so sometimes my characters surprise me too. For example, I didn't plan on Den and Monet being a thing when I wrote Monet and Qis' book, thence the running joke about planning Qis' parentage better between Den and Slean.
When plot bunnies get to me, I usually write about 5k on the bunny to see if it's something I'm going to enjoy writing, and then I let it sit until I'm ready to pursue it in its entirety. Generally, plot bunnies grab me when it's an interested character or a scene I want to write to. For example, Bishop to Knight One was written so I could write the scene where Matt lifts Deejay up on his shoulders and gives him a blowie. That was why I wrote that book, because I wanted to write that scene. Watching Him exists because I thought it would be funny if one of the MCs fell in love without ever knowing the other MCs name. Weird things grab me, and then I just run with it.
<3 Jennifer Cody
As for plotting, I am a linear pantser. I write my rough drafts with no idea where things are headed and then in my revision I make it seem like I knew what I was doing the whole time. I keep a detailed book bible and every time my characters throw me for a loop, it goes in there. Also, my chaos is Character Led, as in, I let the story unfold from the character growth rather than plotting out the whole thing, so sometimes my characters surprise me too. For example, I didn't plan on Den and Monet being a thing when I wrote Monet and Qis' book, thence the running joke about planning Qis' parentage better between Den and Slean.
When plot bunnies get to me, I usually write about 5k on the bunny to see if it's something I'm going to enjoy writing, and then I let it sit until I'm ready to pursue it in its entirety. Generally, plot bunnies grab me when it's an interested character or a scene I want to write to. For example, Bishop to Knight One was written so I could write the scene where Matt lifts Deejay up on his shoulders and gives him a blowie. That was why I wrote that book, because I wanted to write that scene. Watching Him exists because I thought it would be funny if one of the MCs fell in love without ever knowing the other MCs name. Weird things grab me, and then I just run with it.
<3 Jennifer Cody
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