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I have just joined Goodreads and thought this would be a useful first post.

I have been very pleased with my last book, Shooting Crows At Dawn, and that has encouraged me to get to work on the next novel. I have some ideas for the protagonist and a few of the subsidiary characters. I plan to start the outline next week (late September 2011) and have the book completely outlined by Thanksgiving.

For me, figuring out the story starts with the character. From there I try to figure out what kind of situation he will be involved in and the issues he will need to deal with. These issues need to be emotional and exciting. The story, therefore, grows from the hero's character, not the other way around.

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