[Elisha]

I have a confession to make. Maybe several.

1. Wallace is a lot closer to me than I originally stated, and therefore, I think I can VERY authoritatively speak for him.

2. Other chapters are mostly in my head.

Good questions you asked. Answers are elusive.

Now that I have read "Sunrise at Coffin Rock," I think I will get Mr Blah Blah, to go to his storage locker, retrieve his mint condition, Patton tank, and go out into the country searching for Thomas what's-his-name...

[Travis McGee]

Do you have a complete outline, start to finish? That's how I did it, and I think it's more suitable for first time authors.

Pros like Sidney Sheldon can dictate an entire bestseller from their current day's thoughts, with no outline, but he has been writing for 60 years! For us, I'd outline every chapter, every character, every twist.