"...on your novel in terms of actual writing until your plotting (along with your characters and their roles in the drama) is complete and down on paper.
Do not fall victim to that old author line: “I just start out with a basic idea and a couple of characters. I never know where I’m going. I let the characters tell the story for me.” That may work for brilliant and experienced novelists, but most of us need a clear road map if we aren’t going to get ourselves and our readers hopelessly lost."
Another one of my big problems! I usually like to just start a headless story. That's probably why I have so many unfinished projects.
I'm thinking about another idea: the main character, Jason, has a Chinese biological mother. I haven't decided about his father: maybe Chinese, maybe American.
Maybe Jason's mother is something like mail-order bride. Or maybe she knows her American husband through internet. Maybe Jason is the result of his mother's previous marriage. They come to America for the dreams. But things get totally wrong.
This probably is a more convincing point for Jason's insecurity. And it reflects the problems of some social phenomenons: mail-order bride, cultural conflicts, fitting in, etc.
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