I’m writing my latest story, and nearing completion with what Yeti likes to call the “Creativity Pass!”
That’s the first go-through, getting to know the characters and finding out what makes them tick. Every day I sit down to write, but what I really should say, sit down to watch the characters in their life. I have very little control over what happens oddly enough, and am as surprised (if not more) as the reader!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I were to describe it, I would say the process is very much like this picture of yeti – unexpectedly taken for a ride in a flurry of bubbles – and sometimes you’re not too sure of your destination!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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