The Creative Process Is Not a Straight Line

How to Embrace the Messiness of Creation

I blew up my book yesterday.

This is something I always do, usually around the 70,000-word mark. I have three-quarters of the story down, but I don’t really know what the whole thing is going to be. I usually know the ending at this point, and I must embrace that I’ve deviated enough from my synopsis and 40 Scenes outline that it’s time to let it go and trust my subconscious has given me the tools to get the story to the end.