How did you start your novel?

by Adrian Sroka
2nd October 2013

Did you steam in Medias Res on the first page, or start somewhere in the middle? Perhaps you started at the end and worked backwards.

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I write chronologically now, but I didn't when I first started. Getting to know the characters that first time was a long process for me so the most obvious scenes in the book had to come first and I worked backwards from there. I don't recommend that, btw.

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