Welcome back to my Preptober blog series, where I plan a novel in the month of October (and then potentially write it in the month of November!) Last week I covered Concept, Premise, and Theme. Go ahead and catch up if you like, and then join me for Protagonist, Antagonist, and Exposition!

Something strange happened to me when I wrote WIREGIRL. For a long time, my writing had always been situation first, characters second. What I mean by that is, I would have a conflict, a setu...