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Thank you for your interesting thoughts. When an idea for a story occurs to me, within about ten minutes I've developed it into a fully formed plot in my mind, even if the details aren't filled in. I'll then quickly write it down so that the story isn't forgotten, from this develops the basic structure which I put into Word's Outline View. During the following days it turns over in my mind and more details surface: characters, places, incidents etc, which I jot down then put into the Papel writing software. The incidents might get placed into Word's Outline View.
At some point, either because I'm fired up, or it's Nano time, I will begin writing, beginning at any point in the outline, not necessarily the beginning of the plot. During the days and weeks of writing I'll take naps which will result in me suddenly having more ideas for development. Initially these are placed in Papel, later in the Outline.
Gradually, more body text will appear in the Outline as the writing progresses. But there will come a point when a kind of despair (not boredom with the book, or loss of faith in the story) comes over me and I decide to 'take a break' but never return to the writing.
The Susan Sontag quote makes me wonder whether my experience with 'The Seventh Angel' has somehow made me feel that finishing a novel is pointless. If this is the case, how can I overcome this?
Thanks.
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