Books4Tomorrow asked: “HOW
DO YOU PLAN YOUR NOVEL BEFORE WRITING IT?”
Author SHAUN ALLAN answered:
Hmmm… I can’t say that applies to
me. Perhaps I should plan my books, but I just can’t. If I try to,
I end up feeling the writing is forced. Usually, I have no idea where a
book or story is going. Whether it’s a blog entry for Sin’s diary, a
short story or a full blown book, I often have no idea what’s going to happen
until it does.
I don’t even have the plot in my
head. Or if I do it’s very vague. I start with a first line or the
name of a character and run with it. Sometimes I lose the race and am overtaken,
but most often it works out. Blog entries are written ‘off the cuff’ and,
though the more extensive stories are written over a period of time, I don’t
pre-empt the plot or the characters. It’s a voyage of discovery for me as
well as the reader – though the seas may be rough I (fairly often) manage it
back to sure unscathed.
An example of this – other than
the blog entries – is my Rudolph Saves Christmas book. I sat down one
night with my tablet computer and the TV turned down low, planning on working
on the sequel to Sin. 1000 words (ish) later I discovered that Rudolph
was sleeping in his chair and was about to be accused of attempting to sabotage
Christmas! I have no idea how one ended up being the other – SO far
removed – but it did.
So… Planning? Let me
just go and look that up again…
“Rudolph Saves Christmas”
Rudolph, that famous red-nosed reindeer, is
accused of blowing up Santa’s sleigh and attempting to sabotage
Christmas. He must escape from North Pole Prison and find the real
culprit before Christmas is cancelled!
Throw in a host of wacky poems such as Spider
on my Present, A Zombie Christmas and The Not-So Christmas Elf and you have a
collection perfect for children of all ages this Christmas!
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