So, storytelling. You do your best to seduce the reader, make her want to turn the page to see what will be revealed, compell him to stay up late to be with you…whatever the genre if you can capture your reader’s heart, hats off and trumpets sound and confetti fly for you. At this point I think my novel has some great moments, but it is out of control. I’ve got the ending, but getting there is a bit like having a map to the London Underground but actually being on the Budapest subway. I may or may not be happy with what I see when I emerge, but it probably won’t be what I expected. It seems I should have more control than that. Ha!
If writers had more control, anyone could be one :).