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Written by writermonki on 2025-01-18 at 17:30

16.1 How would you describe the way you create your stories to a non-writer?

Usually, I only describe my process in parts because there’s so much of it. I only talk about sections relevant to the discussion.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-11-22 at 02:11

22.11 How did you develop the idea for your first book?

Like most of my story ideas, it started as a mental image--a teenage girl watching a building burn. I struggled to develop the idea because I assumed the image was the beginning, but it was the story's ending.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-11-20 at 05:36

20.11 Are Novel genres helpful or constraining? A bit of both?

I view genres as a list of reader expectations. These expectations separate a Western from a sci-fi or detective novel. And these expectations can be combined, shifted, and twisted. But they have to be met enough for the reader to find what they're looking for. As writers we must decide which elements we'll preserve and which get shaken up.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-11-17 at 19:27

17.11 POV shifts partway through to a new MC?

My current WIP shifts between the protagonist and antagonist, which happens early in the narrative to communicate this structure to the reader and avoid confusion. There’s a third POV near the end, but the reader should expect them by that point. And POVs don’t shift within chapters.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-11-13 at 04:12

13.11 Is there a message that runs through all of your work?

An outsider finds their place.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-10-30 at 19:43

29.10 What is your editing process? How do you know it is done?

When a draft is finished, I re-read the full narrative rating each scene and listing needed changes. If a scene requires changes to another scene(s), I will note it in those scenes. When the review is finished, I start at the beginning and work through each task list. Several scenes are added on the 1st editorial pass.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-10-18 at 01:00

Oct 17.10 What's the body count in your WIP? Is this typical for your work?

The body count for the WIP is 0. This is atypical for me. But this novel nuzzles up against a more cozy genre. The readers don’t expect violence on the page. So this book is about having the horror thrills without the blood. So no deaths, at least not during the novel’s timeline.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-08-13 at 17:18

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Written by writermonki on 2024-08-13 at 03:42

13.8 Would you ever serialize your work?

True serialization where each chapter is published? No. My first draft is only a rough snapshot of the narrative. Then I layer in details over 3 or 4 drafts. And then I finalize the wording. So, serialization wouldn't work for me.

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Written by writermonki on 2024-07-26 at 04:24

25.7 Process> Has your process changed for this WIP? How?

Yes. I changed my novel drafting process. Instead of perfecting sentences in a few scenes, I narrated the entire first draft, leaving polished prose for later. This allowed me to finish it within a month and a half instead of abandoning it before the midpoint. Not being attached to specific word choices made adding, removing, or reordering sections and scenes easier during developmental editing.

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