Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Do you guys think there's a correlation between outlining and genre? <snipped for brevity> Is depth of outline related to genre? Good question. I happen to spend most of my time in the mystery/suspense/thriller genre where an outline is essential . If I'm ever going to finish and keep track of the ...

I used to be an out of the mist until I discovered that I couldn't get the darn thing to end and new characters kept walking in, disrupting the whole thing. Could have written another ten novels by the time I finally gave up and quit. I blame NaNoWriMo for part of that never-ending downward spiral. ...

moosatcows wrote:...
The worst part is trying to be patient during the months of writing when all I want to do is just get the damn thing down on paper and the rest of the world should just go away.

Oh yeah, amen to that one!

Favorite: While I'm a multi-genre writer, my love is for thrillers. So, with that respect, the most favorite part of writing is when I can mesh the suspense with the excitement and still keep the reader teetering on trying to figure out the twists. This, sadly, only comes when I can toss the manuscr...

I've found that working on one project per genre works best for me. I try to concentrate on one, flipping to the other when I get "stuck" or just plain sick of it. I do keep a file of ideas which constitutes the general sketched out idea and maybe a few pages just to test the waters out an...