Author’s work on novel only part of the story
I spent the last two months writing a novel for young adults (and all adults). It was an intense process in which I put in eight hours a day either sitting in front of the computer or walking around, pacing the house, or outside in the neighborhood or at the college or the lake. The process involves a whole lot of talking out loud to myself (and my dog). Sometimes I’m speaking in the voice of my story’s narrator, which I’m trying to keep consistent in terms of point of view, tone and style. Sometimes in a character’s voice. But a lot of the time it’s just me talking to ...
