One thing that's clear to me as I move forward in the Overdrive stories is that coming up with plausible real world stories to set these characters in is a challenging balance. While every first instinct I have is to make things louder, make the violence really pop and have more risque moments flood the pages ... At my core I have to remind myself what these books are about.
They're about Joe, the people in his life and how they connect to each other in relatable ways.
Maybe that isn't the flashiest or the sexiest option for a reader. But as a writer it is the story I am compelled to tell.
So as I navigate these waters of upping the stakes and broadening Joe's world there are few things I like more than putting normal, pedestrian struggles and concerns in his path to offset the plot. Because while plot is important, the story is in the characters and their struggles.
So yeah. Outline is almost done for Book 4, I figure to have a workable thread to build from by the end of the day tomorrow. After that I'll sit on it for the weekend and try to craft something on Monday. It might be the beginning of Book 4. It might be the first of the Overdrive short stories I want to write. Or it might be something else I've had on the backburner for a bit. We'll see what mood strikes me.
In the meantime if you haven't yet checked out my books on Amazon feel free to zip over to the Smashwords website where you can (for a limited time) download an eBook copy of Book 1 "Cowboy Ending" for free with the coupon provided. If you do that, please leave me a review (either there or on Goodreads or your socials or wherever people like to read reviews) if you'd be so kind and consider carrying on with the rest of my writings.
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