Right now it feels like someone dumped three very different jigsaw puzzles onto my playing surface and I am left to pick up the pieces, not only trying to figure out which pieces go to which puzzle, but which puzzle to focus on first. My brain is in a knot as I think and toy and tinker with these myriad pieces for my new book. As much as it is a challenge, it is exciting, too, to start this new puzzle. This book feels very different for me, so I start, stop, retrace steps, and start again. I think this is telling me that I am still finding my way through the mismatched pieces.
I read a blog piece today by Diana Peterfreund that gives good advice on synopsis writing: write the synopsis before writing the book. This makes sense to me, even though I have yet to start any of my books with this level of detail. Still, since this book is a new experience for me I think it would be a good exercise to give the synopsis a try.
What about you? How do you start your writing process? Inquiring minds want to know!
xoxo,
bex
