Don Mazzenzio shares an interesting post on mind mapping.
I am on the verge of publishing novels seven and eight of my writing career. I wouldn’t say that I’m anything close to being an expert, but I decided to use my Hurricane Irma downtime to look back on the books I’ve written and the process that I followed.
Step 1 – The Premise
The premise is just a general idea of what a book will be about. I’m going to use my second novel, Let Me Be Frank, as the example for this post.
The premise for this book was simple. I had just binge watched the 1970s television show, Columbo, and I was intrigued by the structure of most of the episodes. The show almost always started with a murder and very often showed the murderer and the method used to do in the victim. It was then up to Lieutenant Columbo to solve the case and…
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Thanks for sharing this.
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I like your chart, now to try one. I’m a classic pantser, I write by the seat of my pants, lol
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I can relate. The chart keeps me on track so I don’t totally lose my pants.
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