I'd love about an extra month to prepare. But at the end of that time, I'd probably want another couple of weeks of preparation. I kind of think that if I ever got to the point that I felt I was perfectly prepared to write a story, it would be because I had already done so much that the actual story-writing would be pointless.
There are some things I haven't figured out yet, connections I haven't made, details I haven't devised. But I know what my next scene is going to be, and the one after that, and the one after that. I'm fully prepared to show up this morning and write.
In the words of E.L. Doctorow, "[Creativity is] like driving a car at night. You never see farther than your headlights, but you make the whole trip that way."
Well, there's no point staying at home until the sun comes up, because even when it does, you can't see over the horizon.
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