Toward the end of 2015 I pushed myself very hard on two simultaneous writing endeavours. I was doing a rewrite on Without a City Wall after it had been edited. At the same time I was in the home stretch on Redeeming Blood and writing 500 to 1,000 words per day on that. The combination of these two efforts was physically and emotionally draining so when I finished I decided I was going to take six months before starting my next book.
I had some ideas of the themes and the narrative trajectory of the next book. I also wanted to challenge myself by writing a longer book and get away from the dual narrative timeline I had used in both WaCW and RB. So I thought I would spend six months planning and outling the new book, which will be called Weft, and start writing in earnest in July 2016.
Apparently, that's not how my process works; I can't plan if I'm not producing. I developed a very rough structure, a few characters and a high level narrative arc but that was as far as I got. I just had to start. So, here we are: February 2016 and Weft is 2% complete! If I can continue to produce at my targetted run rate Weft will be complete on Halloween. It's a huge challenge but I've been here twice before and can do it again.
I had some ideas of the themes and the narrative trajectory of the next book. I also wanted to challenge myself by writing a longer book and get away from the dual narrative timeline I had used in both WaCW and RB. So I thought I would spend six months planning and outling the new book, which will be called Weft, and start writing in earnest in July 2016.
Apparently, that's not how my process works; I can't plan if I'm not producing. I developed a very rough structure, a few characters and a high level narrative arc but that was as far as I got. I just had to start. So, here we are: February 2016 and Weft is 2% complete! If I can continue to produce at my targetted run rate Weft will be complete on Halloween. It's a huge challenge but I've been here twice before and can do it again.
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