One approach to writing a novel that I have employed since I started writing, is to visualize the story, scene-by-scene. I want to feel immersed in the scene. I want to get inside the heads of the characters in the scene and see the fictional world through their eyes. This is an act of creative visualization.


I approach writing a story like creating a movie (not to confused with writing a screenplay). I think about how my scene will look on the Big Screen. Is it dramatic enough? Is it too dramatic? Should I change the perspective of the characters in the scene? How much detail do I give about the environment, the setting?

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