So I have been hemming and hawing over how to start the second book in a series I have/am proposing to my editor. The first book is thankfully completely complete (and in her caring hands for consideration), but books two through five are but a glittering of ideas. Today while sitting in the doctor’s office trying to distract myself from the impending . . . well, never mind (no worries, just a regular check-up).
Anyhoo, while trying to distract myself, I had my notebook with me and wrote a couple of “what-if” questions–and actually three pages of notes–and whamo-bamo the storyline hit me! This is something I have been thinking on for a long, long, LONG time and it all fell into place today. Some of it was already there in the underlying story, but my mind hadn’t pieced it all together–Ames says our brains are always working on it . . . so she was right.
I’d considered scrapping the idea for the continuing story threads and forgetting books two through five. Shoot, I even lost most of my notes on book two, but am I ever so glad I am uber-obsessive (despite the previous post) and I can’t let anything go. It has been dogging my thoughts for the past two weeks–dunno why, maybe the resolution was just waiting for me to figure it out! 8)
So, I will be working up a treatment–just don’t tell Ames; I am supposed to be working on the C & W singer book that is kicking my tail and if she finds out SHE’LL kick my tail 🙂
You gotta do what you gotta do. If it is calling you, go for it.
IMHO, anyway. 🙂
I am a good multi-tasker . . . when I put my mind to it