Noah
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Fran Wilde:
Will we get to see what is beneath the clouds in the next book? Also, how long did it take to plot and write Updraft? Are you more a discovery writer or outliner?
Fran Wilde
Hi Noah! Those are three very different questions... Let me see how I do answering in short form, backwards
3. I discuss craft a bit on my blog now and then (franwilde.net >> blog), and I can pretty safely say I'm both a pantser and a plotter - depending on the story or the scene. Sometimes An Idea strikes, which will eventually need fencing in and outlining. Other times, I'm working with something so big I need more than an outline, and I use a grid, notecards, sketches, and any other tools that are to hand.
2. The first draft of UPDRAFT (very much a discovery process) happened in 6 weeks. The second draft (much more structure work, plus a bit of surprise discovery here and there) took 6 months. The third, a couple weeks. And so on, so forth, ad infinitem...
3. The next book, CLOUDBOUND, will reveal a lot more about what's beneath the clouds for sure.
3. I discuss craft a bit on my blog now and then (franwilde.net >> blog), and I can pretty safely say I'm both a pantser and a plotter - depending on the story or the scene. Sometimes An Idea strikes, which will eventually need fencing in and outlining. Other times, I'm working with something so big I need more than an outline, and I use a grid, notecards, sketches, and any other tools that are to hand.
2. The first draft of UPDRAFT (very much a discovery process) happened in 6 weeks. The second draft (much more structure work, plus a bit of surprise discovery here and there) took 6 months. The third, a couple weeks. And so on, so forth, ad infinitem...
3. The next book, CLOUDBOUND, will reveal a lot more about what's beneath the clouds for sure.
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Lisa
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Fran Wilde:
Loooooooved Updraft. Such an interesting world! How do they get resources like food and such to sustain their population? Seems like farming would be tough on the towers, haha. Although I do remember a bit about potted apple trees and guano, but what about wheat for cakes? Or are those made out of something else? And cloth, how do they get that? I'm so curious! Thanks!
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