From long before I started writing, I knew there were basically two methods of writing stories. The first by planning the story from start to finish, chapter by chapter, and then writing the story by building on those planned stages; the other by taking the idea and writing as the story develops in the mind. There is no correct way, and neither is necessarily better than the other. It is literally down to an individual writer’s preference. Both methods have their pitfalls and both have their benefits  Continue reading →