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Starting a new book...

I have a new book I'm working on. Thus far all I've done is write the highlights. The meat and potatoes. I have been revising my first book, so I haven't had mich time to work on the second book. Do you guys start from the beginning and work forward or like me run with the ideas then fill in the blanks...

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Permalink Reply by Robert L. Allen on October 25, 2011 at 8:34pm

I am not saying to write incomplete sentences, but rather not finishing the idea or the action. In other words if the character is hunting down his prey to murder them, the writer can stop the chapter and pick it up later in the story, thus forcing the reader to read on. Or if somebody is going to the edge of a cliff to jump, the write can end the chapter before the jump and then pick it up later.

Permalink Reply by Anna L. Walls on October 26, 2011 at 5:59am

Ooh I get it now. I've always ended my chapters at the end of a scene or thought and where such comments were made on the reviews I've received, I'm told that it's still a page-turner. Whatever it is, I must be doing something right.

Permalink Reply by Jack Tomblin on November 9, 2011 at 11:07pm

I usually like to surprise myself while I am writing. I stick to the main idea and just jump in but there is always room for a twist or two. I'd stick to one book at a time though. You don't want to get your head all jammed up with too many ideas.