Notes In The Margin #13: Sometimes You've Just Got To Get On With It!

I'm itching to write again. Not plan, not brainstorm, not blue sky, or mind map ideas.  I want to write words and string them into sentences, paragraphs, scenes and chapters and come out at the end of it with a new novel.

Even the old sketchbook's been out for map-making.
That's not writing.  That's drawing.  It's so easy to get the
two confused, isn't it?
[Photo: Jack Gilbert]

It's only been a couple of months since I finished the fourth draft of 360 and while I've enjoyed planning and starting to create the world for the Kiranan's Crucible series, I'm also acutely aware that there's a corner of my writer's mind that's chomping at the bit to actually get going on them.

So, I've decided to just get on with it and start on the first book.

It's not like I haven't done any planning

Essentially, I'm going to be making it up as I go along.  OK, that's not entirely true.  I have mapped-out the main plot and a handful of sub-plots along with the general arrangement of the world (like which side of the continent the capital is, how big the country is and its general geographical features) and I've also identified some of the more more minor details (like the names of a few roads, markets and taverns in the capital).