Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

I’ve been watching Game of Thrones recently. (yes I have been a bit slow on the uptake!) It has got me thinking about storylines and the way we write them in our novels compared to how we used to make up stories in our heads when we were little. Game of thrones and its sudden twists and changes and meandering story lines reminds me much more of the kind of thing that I remember making up in my in my head as a child, though admittedly without the adult content. Now when I sit down to write a novel and plan it I don’t let myself do the same thing instead of simply letting my imagination wander and take me where it will, instead I sit and plan minutely to make sure that every little detail adds up together. It makes it easier to get on and write but it…