When should you start drafting?

When it feels right. But also? You should probably know a few key things about the story.

In most cases, I don’t start drafting a new book until I’ve spent a bit of time brainstorming and daydreaming. (I’ve spoken about this ideation phase before, in a post about developing story ideas.)

If I start before that ideation phase has completed, I rarely have enough information about the new book for the drafting experience to be intuitive. (Notice…