This is early in the book when she’s trying to find a role for herself within the kumpania. So here’s day one on a chapter I’m working on for Yevgena’s book- The Long Road. Usually this is after a bit of research, which always gets my mind going down a few paths, and presents new ideas as well that I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise. So I just sit down and see what shows up. In this case it’s a bit of setting things up for what’s to come, even if I don’t entirely know what those things are yet. Mostly at this point it’s just about getting things started and figuring out a direction–who is in the chapter, what do I want to say, will this chapter link from the last one to the next, or is it more of a standalone in order to build character or get ready for events down the line? Sometimes I know going in which it is, and sometimes I don’t. Usually I begin with just a few ideas and make some random jottings of my thoughts, imagery, what the narrative is about and put in bits of description so that I can set the mood of the piece. I thought for this blog post I would show people how I build a chapter from start to finish.
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