Jane Jago asked Eric Michael Craig:

How do you build your worlds? Seat of the pants? Careful planning? Copious notes?

Eric Michael Craig Yes. (all of the above) I am not really a seat of the pants writer at all. I know where I am going before I start writing. Now, that doesn’t mean I write an outline and stick to it relentlessly. I write a direction and pick my destination and waypoints. And then if it doesn’t work that the direction or waypoints work, I chuck them and re-plan my map. Often I write scenes way in the future from where I am in the story, because the moment inspires me, but then I follow my map or build a new arc to get me there… with lots of markers to follow.

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