This Week's Topic: Preconditions: What must be true before I sit to write? The stars must be in alignment. The muse must be chatty. The...

Before Chapter One: What do I have in place before I start drafting? Inspiration board, plot bullets, full outline, character profiles, etc?...

There are four stages of starting anything. I'd tack "for me" onto the end of that, but since I'm writing this, I'm g...