104I – Romantic Suspense From Around the World: An Interview with Lisa Harris

WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz · Oct 18, 2018 · 52m

The lovely Lisa Harris talks to us today about building a romantic suspense novel from the ground up. She explains how she organizes her information (she loves Scrivener and Excel!), what she needs to know before she begins, and how she starts writing.

She also talks about setting a word-count goal that works for you, and things you can do if you miss a day or two and need to catch up. She even creates "postcards" about the characters in Canva so she can look at them and be reminded of the main information she needs to remember. Interestingly, Lisa often doesn't know who the villain is until…