Worked, did my taxes, then sat down to write. I didn't want to - I wanted to goof off and play video games, but hey, books don't write themselves.
I'm finding myself looking back at the first book to make sure I don't contradict myself or copy the same phrase (especially descriptions) twice. When there are several of these, that's going to be a pain. Then again, I'm going to have an ear to ear grin every time I reach for the stack of books.
Also, there is the issue of re-capping, re-describing, etc., things encountered in the first book. How much is too much? How much is not enough? Hopefully when I get an agent and an editor they'll be able to clue me in. Looking forward to that.
In other news, sometimes I know where I want to go, but I don't know how I'm going to get there. That's when it's nice to have a world at my fingertips. I check my maps, trace the route, and look at what the characters will cross paths with. Then I think about how they will react to what they encounter.
It's a very organic process that feels spontaneous and darn good...a balance between outlining and natural growth.
The map is not the land.
Still, this would have been really hard, had I not built Orb slowly over a long period of time.
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