Thursday, December 20, 2001 ( 1:16 PM ) Exploring the Process

I'm at 40,000 words with this novel, and feel I'm about half way through... but suddenly I'm so confused about what to write next. I already have the ending planned out... I'm just not sure how to get there from here... so I've decided to start from the beginning to do some basic editing and at the same time to take copious on-paper notes, writing a sketchy summary of the first 19 chapters before I continue on.

I'm reading a few books to get used to the art of mystery writing. I just finished Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark, and now am reading A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman.

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