Helen Powel
Helen Powel asked Samantha Young:

Dear Samantha Young, since you manage to produce so many great stories (with compelling characters worth reading over and over again) at such high rate, I wonder how you do that and still have a life? Any advice you can give to (aspiring) writers to keep up such high quality production rate? Many thanks, Helen

Samantha Young Hi Helen,
Thank you so much. I am very much a planner which really helps not only with the development of the character and the plot, but also with deadlines. I write out character profiles, history etc, plot summary, and individual chapter summaries before I start writing the book. This gives me a really good outline to work with and makes the writing of the book a faster and smoother process. Moreover, I set myself a daily work count. It used to be 5K but that was perhaps putting too much pressure on myself so I do 3K now. That gives me the time I need to run my social media and have a personal life. It's about structure and discipline for me so I stick to my deadline. It's different for every author but this is definitely the best way for me. Hope it helps!

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