This November, I am going to try a much more structured approach to my writing, and so far it's working...
I read a bit on a site by a software engineer/writer who had a system that really made sense to me, called the snowflake process. I have started to use it to plan my November novel and it has already paid great dividends. It has forced me to pay attention to the parts of the story I had been glossing over in my mind, and I was surprised at how easily ideas came once I forced myself to address them. There was a big hole in the middle of the narrative, and now I know (in a very general way, to be sure) how I’m going to fill it.
Cool.
I checked out the link. I’m trying to employ the theories now. I think its going well.
When I’m finished, you’ll be the first to read the draft. I owe it all to you. My mentor, my guiding light, my hero — having ventured forth into the breach and come back unscathed. Except for the fact that you have yet to submit anything to a publisher.