See What Works

I so wish I could plan. Or have a plot in advance. I write in a meandering, searching sort of way without ever quite knowing where the story will end up but I do think my subconscious is doing most of the work, filtering, editing, seeing where the story is going. I do write and rewrite a lot. I print out what I have, read it and edit it on the page. I see what works, what doesn’t, cut, write, add, edit. I think that a lifetime of reading books is the preparation I most value.

JANICE Y.K. LEE