My Video Response #7

Margaret Atwood's Creative Process
This author thinks that if you can not get into a book/begin it, you should not be doing it. The question that you should be asking when writing is, which of the ideas will you be tackling (using more and most of). Sometimes you should stay in the safe zone and not take a risk, but do something with someone manageable. There are no rules, you just have to plunge into it.
An opening to a book/chapter that this author uses is to hint the point on how the book will end. Further into it you should use sticking outs (clues and/or main points). A bed side notebook for important thoughts is a great use because when you wake up and have an idea, jot it down.
There is no normal time that takes her to write a novel because it depend on how long the novel is and on how well or bad the novel is going. It can take a long time if you start on the wrong foot or if you get far on the path and find out that you have to change a few things/everything.