Aisling
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A.G. Riddle:
This is fantastic- I only JUST picked up your book "The Atlantis Gene" yesterday when I was looking for something to read on my kindle. . . I'm new to goodreads, I joined only today, and I see there's a Q&A with the author. Either way, I mostly wanted to just talk about this coincidence- but I do have one question, a question I have for most successful authors. How do you plan out your books? What's the secret?
A.G. Riddle
Hi Aisling,
I'm sure each author has a different method but I like to outline my novels prior to starting. If I'm working on a series, I will do a brief outline of the whole series. The novels are very intricate and the outline gives me a lot of confidence when I begin writing. When I'm writing a first draft, I find it best to write every day; I like to keep the momentum, but I also think it helps maintain a consistent narrative voice.
At some point in all my novels, however, the outline gets rewritten. Characters surprise me. Scenes I had planned don't pan out the way I imagined. Some twists turn out better than expected, some fall short. It's always a process of reflecting and adjusting course as I go. Smaller issues get taken care of during editing, but I like to zoom out occasionally and make sure I feel like the story is on track.
Take care,
Gerry
I'm sure each author has a different method but I like to outline my novels prior to starting. If I'm working on a series, I will do a brief outline of the whole series. The novels are very intricate and the outline gives me a lot of confidence when I begin writing. When I'm writing a first draft, I find it best to write every day; I like to keep the momentum, but I also think it helps maintain a consistent narrative voice.
At some point in all my novels, however, the outline gets rewritten. Characters surprise me. Scenes I had planned don't pan out the way I imagined. Some twists turn out better than expected, some fall short. It's always a process of reflecting and adjusting course as I go. Smaller issues get taken care of during editing, but I like to zoom out occasionally and make sure I feel like the story is on track.
Take care,
Gerry
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John
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A.G. Riddle:
Hey Mr Riddle, have read all your books and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them with the storyline, plots and twist that keep you reading to the end which is the only bad part of the book cause there's no more to read. Keep seeing on the internet two books you're suppose to be working on, Lost in Time and Quantum Radio/Lunar Park but no mention of either on your website. Is this correct or not?
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