Terry asked Lisa Ricard Claro:

Hello. Can you let your readers know how you stay focused to finish a book all the way? Are you a pantser or a plotter?

Lisa Ricard Claro Hi Terry! *waves* I'm a hybrid. I start out plotting, write an outline, etc., but usually around chapter three the characters surprise me with something and I'm forced to modify. The outline becomes more of a rough suggestion, and I roll with it. I can see how plotting every chapter and scene would make the writing go faster. To this point, though, I've not been able to stick with it. As to the focus, I don't know how to answer that. I start writing and sink into the scene. Most of the time I find it hard to come up for air!

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