It Tastes Like Victory

The plot rainbow for Ghost Book 4 is complete. And freakin’ massive. Our whiteboard is 4′ x 8′, and the rainbow covers the entire front and more than half the back. It’s really something.

So — the entire Ghost Series is plotted. It feels great! It’s also intimidating because these novels are what we’re going to work on for the next few years. No pressure.

Amazingly, we’re still really psyched by the story we’ve specced out, even after spending 3/4 of a year immersed in it. Before we can actually start the prose composition there are still a few steps we need to complete:

• photograph, number, document, and file the Book 4 rainbow
• watch a couple of movies for research
• review the Book 1 rainbow, and expand as necessary
• turn the rainbow into an outline
• finalize character and setting sketches
• write the first batch of stubs

Then we’ll be ready to really start. With all our pre-work, the writing itself should go pretty smoothly. It’s a good thing we didn’t just jinx ourselves!

A writing partner is someone who knows the proper counter-jinx techniques and rituals, and will perform them with you.