Revised May 8 2013
So I have a new story going. It started out as a ten page short story, just a quick little thing, but it’s already thirty-four pages and haven’t decided how the two main characters are going to fall together; it is a romance, though some mystery too. Stories like this one can sometimes turn out to be some of my best because I’m not trying to force myself to figure the plot out, I’m just letting it go where it will. Sometimes stories like this stay short and easy, sometimes they end up full length books, and sometimes 70-100 pagers. Most of my best work is when I don’t really have a plan for the characters, other than an idea or two. I work best when I let the story fall out as it happens, let my people make their own choices, and not try to figure the plot out before I start writing. This is the problem I’ve been having with my PI series. Her first book flowed out because i was just expanding on a short story. The second one was a little hard, but not by much. I had the obstacle in mind, but still let the characters live the story to me (even though doing so screwed with my plans a little). I’ve found now that I want to write her third book, I’m having trouble. I can’t just start another book with her without knowing at least a little of what’s going to happen, but every time I try to start writing with an outline for the book, I screw it up completely or hate the work within pages of starting. Romance is easiest to write in the free flowing style I do best, which is why so much of my work is romance, but my PI is my fav character, my biggest outlet of my violent side. This new story is a romance, but it’s about a cop so there is mystery to it too. I don’t know how long the story will be, but I’m enjoying writing it. I’m actually writing solely from the male’s point-of-view, not first person, but staying with the man instead of the woman as I do with most of my works. Well, I’m going to go back to my male witch and see if he’s solved his murder case yet.
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