A story about family secrets that have been guarded through the generations. Based on superhero culture, and sci-fi with sprinkles of time-traveling elements. Going for literary sci-fi that’s a bit light-hearted.
Gonna have to repost my answer from a similar question some months back.
Step 1: Ideas pop into my head & proceed to pester me incessantly. At this point there is quite a community of ideas rabble rousing up there.
Step 2: Write. Preferably in an area with both crowds and beer so I can be antisocial in a otherwise social setting. I tried outlining when I first started writing, but I found I couldn't really work from an outline and just really have to let a story come out how it wants to come out. More of a Dionysian approach than most, but its the only method that works for me.
Step 3: Edit. Repeat step 3 at least two times to fix all of the dumbest errors made due to the aforementioned beer in step 2.
Step 4: Force a close friend(s) I can trust to be critical to read it and rip it apart.
Step 5: repeat step 3 while muttering curses about my mean friends.
Step 6-9: repeat steps 4 & 5 with slightly growing confidence and diminishing curses.
So to sum that up, complete pantser aided by alcohol followed by pretty rigorous(and hopefully extensive) self-editing. Really I should look into expanding that pool of beta readers since the number I can rely on to actually get back to me with feedback has dwindled to 1.
@Matt Kaye That's great to know. We'll talk further about dimensions and adaptation specifications during production, as I will likely draw a third version specifically with the final printed book in mind.
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