{"id":245,"date":"2026-10-25T09:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/?p=245"},"modified":"2026-10-25T09:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:44:52","slug":"process-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Process &amp; Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My process for writing is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a general idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about a scene\/chapter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Write it all down as quickly as possible &#8211; This means doing very little error checking as I go, just dealing with those bits underlined in blue or red and the occasional typo that glares at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I have the first draft done, I have my first reader (the lovely Mary) look at it. When I have her comments, I go through the whole thing, correcting errors, tidying prose and making a note of inconsistencies, plot holes etc., which I will consider how to deal with. This is the second draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s where I am now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it&#8217;s make further corrections and any additional material by way of clarification or extra description where I think necessary. A final read through then it&#8217;s Advance Reader Copy (ARC) time. This gets produced in e-book form and a few hard copies. If you would like to read and comment on the ARC, let me know and I&#8217;ll add you to the mailing list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARCs should be out early December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My process for writing is: Have a general idea Think about a scene\/chapter Write it all down as quickly as possible &#8211; This means doing very little error checking as I go, just dealing with those bits underlined in blue or red and the occasional typo that glares at me. Once I have the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daparsons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}