Start with Almost Nothing
4th July 2016 | for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, novel writing, writing, ideas, Heidi Pitlor |
"I start with almost nothing: A question I want asked, or a feeling, a sort of weird conflicted feeling that I have and I want to explore. So I think all my books start that way. And then, as it always does, the book takes on a life of its own."
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