Another Caturday, another Big Cat, Little Cat. As I write this, Big Cat has decided to take up as much room as he possibly can next to me and rest his paw on my computer. He has opinions about what I write. He did, however provide a lot of emotional support when I wrote The R Word piece about being a sexual assault survivor, which we shared earlier this week.
And because it’s Caturday, we have to ask a question.
Which comes first for you? Plot, setting, or character? This is a question for nonfiction writers no less than fiction; for academic writers as well.
Answer us here in the comments or use #IvoryBoilerRoomAsks and tag @IvoryBoilerRoom, @WhatTheMamaSaw and @DrWhippersnap.
More often than not, it’s a word, or a phrase that pops into consciousness, Other tines, it’s a concept, or the answer to a puzzle that I may not even have known I was thinking about, or an idea that presents itself as a puzzle. When I’ve written non-fiction books, the starting point has always been the subject about whom I was going to write.