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"From the outline, I write the book. Since I've worked out all the plot twists/turns, I don't have any writer's block problems with where the story is going. I try to follow the outline as close as possible since it was APPROVED. Any wide variations could result in a request for major rewrites. Generally, at this point, I have a little less or a little more than 60 days to write 80K words of the first draft. That means turning my longer 10-12 page single-spaced outline into about 350 double-spaced pages of manuscript. And since there isn't a lot of time to course-correct, it's almost like plotting a moon landing. I can't come up too much shorter or too much longer than 80K words. I really have to trust the pacing of the outline to translate to pacing in the novel. That's tricky because with a normal novel, I'd finish the draft and set it aside for several weeks, then reread and figure out where I need to revise. At this stage, I'm counting on my editor for pacing cuts since I don't have the luxury of time to review it with any objectivity.
"Post editor changes and revision changes, I wait for the WB rep(s) to review the manuscript for any additional changes. My hope at this point is that we're very close to the final product and not a lot remains for me to change/rework. Once the revision is accepted by the WB, I'm usually done with the work process and begin the wait for publication. Sometimes, I will get a typeset copy to review for any minor changes, final typo-catches, that sort of thing. But sometimes the editor does this without my involvement. As an example, I finished the SPN: Joyride revision mid-May 2018 and the book came out late OCT October 2018."
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