Lara Adrian
Thank you for the kind words! Each book is different, and some take longer than others. I generally sketch out a premise and a few key scene ideas early on--something I call the 30,000 foot view--then let the ideas percolate for a while before I go back and flesh out the entire story in terms of chapter flow, turning points, conflicts, etc.
I use a combination of writing software (WriteWay, which my husband developed for me back in 2002!) and spreadsheets to storyboard action and scene threads before I write a single word. It sounds kind of complicated, now that I'm trying to explain it, but it works for me. The actual writing takes me about four months for a full-length novel.
I use a combination of writing software (WriteWay, which my husband developed for me back in 2002!) and spreadsheets to storyboard action and scene threads before I write a single word. It sounds kind of complicated, now that I'm trying to explain it, but it works for me. The actual writing takes me about four months for a full-length novel.
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