![]() Writers tend to be at least slightly neurotic. I’d hate to invest years or even months in an idea I suspected was great, and then get to where the denouement should be and find myself thinking, “Yikes! I can’t think of a decent ending!” It’s by writing a chapter-by-chapter, scene-by-scene synopsis that I put this to the test. Without a start-to-finish plan of what’s going to happen in my novel, I don’t know for certain that the idea is viable. Not all ideas are good not all inspirations can be made to work. I like to look forward to the finished product, confident that I’ll still feel it’s as solid and exciting then as I do at the start. How much more satisfying would it be to tear up all that old stuff with a clear vision in your mind as to how your beautiful, newly-refurbished house will look? An architect wouldn’t begin a new project without first doing at least one drawing. ![]() It would be like stripping the old wallpaper in your house and pulling up all the old carpets with literally no idea how you want the rooms to look at the end of the process, once you’ve finished all your hard work. I would hate to start writing a novel with no clue as to what might happen from chapter to chapter, or how it might end. ![]() It makes life so much easier for a writer, and it gives you something concrete to look forward to. The main reason I’m a planner is that I really enjoy doing it. ![]()
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