Jennie St. Thomas
@jenniestt.bsky.social
North Carolina novelist writing place-driven, character-first fiction. My work features truth, consequences, and second chances. Also writes fan fiction as Cat Lady Firebird. https://JennieStThomas.com
I also stop and reverse-outline at the end of every act since I have never ONCE had a story stick to the outline completely. Then I will massage the next act's outline beats to make everything coherent. Slows me down? Yes. Means fewer drafts? Also yes.
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I also stop and reverse-outline at the end of every act since I have never ONCE had a story stick to the outline completely. Then I will massage the next act's outline beats to make everything coherent. Slows me down? Yes. Means fewer drafts? Also yes.
I should add here that I am a #planner and that my outlines go through LOTS of revisions. By the time I start writing I've already done a lot of the work that others might do at the editing stage.
January 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I should add here that I am a #planner and that my outlines go through LOTS of revisions. By the time I start writing I've already done a lot of the work that others might do at the editing stage.
Yes, and it can be annoying when process varies per project -- but you know what? I think that's just an indicator that your projects are not carbon copies of each other. :)
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Yes, and it can be annoying when process varies per project -- but you know what? I think that's just an indicator that your projects are not carbon copies of each other. :)
I can talk about all of them for hours. :) Right now I'm actively drafting "All That Mattered" (and "Fading Horizon" when I need a break) so it's foremost in my head, but any of them -- including ones not on this list -- can get me talking to the point where you have to end up shutting me up. :-)
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I can talk about all of them for hours. :) Right now I'm actively drafting "All That Mattered" (and "Fading Horizon" when I need a break) so it's foremost in my head, but any of them -- including ones not on this list -- can get me talking to the point where you have to end up shutting me up. :-)
Hi! I keep a running list of current projects here: jenniestthomas.com/about/#Curre...
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Jennie St. Thomas is a fiction writer whose work explores people navigating systems larger than themselves: institutions, families, belief structures, and the q
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January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hi! I keep a running list of current projects here: jenniestthomas.com/about/#Curre...
Very well, actually, and there's a small but active fandom.
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Very well, actually, and there's a small but active fandom.
I'm one of that weird group of #WriteSky folk who don't identify themselves in terms of whatever marginalized identities apply. I have a couple (nearly everyone does) but truth be told, I'm just here to write. And if I can reach out and touch a single person, I will have succeeded.
January 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I'm one of that weird group of #WriteSky folk who don't identify themselves in terms of whatever marginalized identities apply. I have a couple (nearly everyone does) but truth be told, I'm just here to write. And if I can reach out and touch a single person, I will have succeeded.