So here I am again. Facing the need to start building the world, characters, and plot lines for a new series. Well, this one is kinda new. It's a second trilogy in the Goddess's Honor world. But still. Here I am at the beginning once more. Last year, sitting down to build the world and write the entire trilogy all at once, then release all at once in the fall, actually worked well for me. One of my frustrations in working with a series is remembering all of those niggling little continuity pieces, especially as the world shifts while I get to know it through writing. The reality is that you can plan, plan, plan and plot, plot, plot all you want but once the characters start interacting with the plot, stuff happens to change their backstory and even some of the earlier events in the story. I found this to be quite frustrating in writing both The Netwalk Sequence and Goddess's Honor. Not so much with The Martiniere Legacy because I
Writing Process--Worldbuilding, Early Stages
Writing Process--Worldbuilding, Early Stages
Writing Process--Worldbuilding, Early Stages
So here I am again. Facing the need to start building the world, characters, and plot lines for a new series. Well, this one is kinda new. It's a second trilogy in the Goddess's Honor world. But still. Here I am at the beginning once more. Last year, sitting down to build the world and write the entire trilogy all at once, then release all at once in the fall, actually worked well for me. One of my frustrations in working with a series is remembering all of those niggling little continuity pieces, especially as the world shifts while I get to know it through writing. The reality is that you can plan, plan, plan and plot, plot, plot all you want but once the characters start interacting with the plot, stuff happens to change their backstory and even some of the earlier events in the story. I found this to be quite frustrating in writing both The Netwalk Sequence and Goddess's Honor. Not so much with The Martiniere Legacy because I