#NewRelease by Maggie Blackbird - BORN LIKE THIS - Blog Tour

Today I'm hosting the #NewRelease by Maggie BlackBird - BORN LIKE THIS. This is book two in the Maisemerized Duo. Welcome Maggie!

Plotting

You know, I always start with a plot in my head, but by the time I get to writing, and I begin to really know my characters, I find they direct the story.  I call myself a typist taking dictation for the two main characters, since they tell me which direction to take the story LOL.

Sometimes I even have the blurb already written, and then it requires changing or tweaking because the characters, while drafting, have changed the stakes, or added stakes, or deleted the main stakes.  Hah.

I wish I could write a novel entirely plotted that fits the blurb I’ve written, but that has yet to happen.  My characters come alive strongly in my head and direct me on the path they wish the story to take.

I guess this means I’m a panster.  I try to plot, and then the characters turn up their noses at the plot and hand me a new one.