WRITING: I’m very liberal with my writing. I tend to have an idea for a novel and then begin to simply write it out of my head. If it progresses and I can see a structure flow, then I know it’s going to work. (...)

What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write?

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I’m very liberal with my writing. I tend to have an idea for a novel and then begin to simply write it out of my head. If it progresses and I can see a structure flow, then I know it’s going to work. If I get fed up or some things just don’t fit, then I go back to the drawing board. I think what some writers say about ‘letting the characters take you on a journey’ is true to some degree. It’s only when I get half way through that the story structure and plan really fall into place. Once I have a rough first draft, then I go through it again and again looking at each and every writing element: characterisation, plot, structure etc.