Much movement today on the ideas. I don't have a formal outline, but I did clarify who the characters are in this book, and I have a general sense of the climax. Lots of stuff needs to happen in this book as I want it to have more of a mystery than the other three books. The really interesting thing is the character actions are really driving the early ideas. I'm almost ready to start the first draft. I'm being careful this time out not to concentrate too much on the outline. I just want a general idea of what will happen and the major conflicts. I want to leave myself some breathing room to have fun when I write the draft. It's very similar to the way I worked on the Mystery of the Mad Science Teacher, and that worked out well for me. Of course, if I get bogged down, I'll just go and hammer out an outline until I find the thruline of the story that works.
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