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Hi, Jack,

Thanks for posting and for being a fan!

My writing process involves planning before anything. I never write a word until my book is well-planned. Yes, you can make changes, even add and subtract people and events if you get a great idea for an person or event. But the basic story must be there in its entirety before I ever put down a single word. That way, right from the start I’m always writing TOWARD something — the climax/ending/payoff. It’s always in sight, if only at a distance. I have to know where I’m going. It’s the only way I know I’m going to get there — knowing exactly where “there” is.

As for what the writing process might physically look like, I don’t guarantee that I will be respectably attired at all times, or even clean and combed – well not combed, actually. But I generally try to put in a workday that matches the hours of the people in my life who are not writers. It’s a 9 to 5 process, and so far it’s worked well.

And I hope that’s helpful. Thanks for your interest.                                                —–Gordon Korman—–