My Writing Process
For a first-time novel, I wanted to use what was familiar to me as building blocks of my characters and story. Of course, imagination and the creative process took over from there. A good place to start is to know your characters. I believe for many writers, their main characters dwell someplace in their own souls. By that, I mean that you understand how your characters would feel in the circumstances that you place them in because, in a sense, they are you or at least someone you know well.