William III asked Pam Jones:

Do you have a process for working on a long piece like a novella, or a novel? Does this method change when you are constructing something shorter like a short story?

Pam Jones Good question...Well, when it comes to long pieces, I'll mull about the plot and roughly what I'd like the characters to be for ages. I'm not wild about writing up outlines; I feel like every piece I've done a real outline for has been jinxed somehow, leading everything to fall apart. I do take notes, if there's something that I need to remember. When it comes to the actual writing, I feel as though I need background noise, whether it's music or a Netflix binge of "Call the Midwife", to keep my brain bouncing.

With short stories (which I don't think I'm very good at; I tend to be rather long-winded, and I love lots of room for description), it's pretty much the same process.

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