I start my process getting really agitated about a topic; like the overuse of fluoride in dentistry. Then I start researching the answers to questions people like me need to know and, at the same time, I research the arguments of the other side. Then find a way to explain it, sometimes I use coarse language.
My last step is bring out the ol' snot remover to clean up the language, make sure the flow is sensible and some other boring parts about tense and stuff. If I cannot infuse passion into the project I don't do it. Writing on assignment is not something I'm good at.
My Process goes on feelings and whatever I am feeling or have felt that went on in my life. Really before I take a seat I sit back and think about what all I've been thru in my life!
I'll usually have a goal set to write something specific by a certain time, and leading up to when I need to begin working on the project, one main idea or image will usually pull at my attention. I used to dismiss these ideas, thinking they weren't good enough, but now I accept them most of the time and let them take me wherever they lead.
Before writing anything i usually seems to me that i have nothing to write but when i begin to write ideas float themselves.
I'd like to say I have a fantastic process and describe it in detail. I'm sorry to disapoint you, but processes kill my creativity lol.
I'll be completely honest with you. I'm an Indigo Adult which automatically makes me an Indigo Writer. I don't do processes. I'm an impulsive, passionate and unpredictable writer. Sometimes I wake up at three a.m. and frantically write in my bed with a flashlight. Sometimes the creative urge is so big I have to drop everything I'm doing, no matter how important it may be, sit down and start writing. Sometimes I spent weeks without working on my book and I write dozens of articles and blog posts instead. And usually I'm surprised by the results of my work.
I admire authors who wake up in the morning, sit down, start writing and don't stop until they have written their daily two thousand words. I'd like to be like them. But the routine would kill me and my muses. I love creative freedom. It's an adventure - I never know what happens and what I'm going to create. And no, I really don't outline lol.   | | |
I have no creative process. My fingers danced instantly on the keyboard. I barely had time to think about the structure. It's very spontaneous.
I need to be inspired to write. I like to go back and re-read my journals. It is amazing the details you capture that completley slip your mind. Sometimes I am reading my journal and it seems like someone else wrote it :)
I love art, museums, and photographs. When I was writing for my book, I would take weekends away and go to loca art shows, museums and spend a lot of time in the local libraries of my town and surrounding Northern Michigan libraries.
I would find little cafes with wifi and tell myself, you can have a brownie and hot cocoa, but you need to get 2 stories done. :)
On my writing trips I would check into a little hotel and tell the front desk I was there to write. Tellng people made it sound more real. They would ask me what I was writing about. After I was done telling them about quitting my job, selling my house and backpacking the world, I felt re-inspired and would go to my room and start formatting some of my stories. I did my best writing in the morning just before check out! I guess it was like I built in a deadline. I even called down to the front desk a few times and asked for an extra hour or two. | | |
I don't know. At first, I can't write good things but after a minute I get into the atmosphere and start writing just like that.
I daydream, I read, I do research (google and books), I daydream, I try to imagine / have talks with my characters to get to know them, I see flashes of scenes and wonder what they mean and if they are part of this story, I draw, I make walks and take pictures, I daydream, I curse and fear I'll never be able to do this, more research and more daydreaming ...
So, I really don't have a plan or a strategy. I just try to keep the faith, and when I'm stuck I read a bit and that usually wakes my imagination.
There was a time I believed I could start writing with a minimal of preparation though. I mean, I had a couple of characters and an idea of what I wanted to write about. I got stuck, had to rewrite, after 40000 words came to the conclusion I had no idea where I was going and that what I had written was not the beginning but actually more in the middle. From that I learned that working on an outline first, before I start writing, might work better for me - I keep my fingers crossed that it will. | | |
Writing is what I do for a living so I have a routine. I get up in the morning and go to my job - at my laptop.
I think the biggest obstacle to great writing is self consciousness. You've got to basically be fearless in that initial purging. It should be like journaling without regard for other eyes on the paper. Not sure at what point but we lose that childlike brilliance to observe without self consciousness. I think all great writers are looking to recapture it.
i write 1000 words on day! :)
Before I write, I listen to my thoughts. Thoughts and feelings determine what I write about.
I will often write on many different topics throughout the day. Mostly, because my thoughts are often fleeting ideas, memories, or solid strong opinions or views.
If I find something to be of public value, I will share it or write about it.
Usually happens late at night for me. When I can't sleep.
The hardest part of writing is thinking. I like to do my chores when I'm writing--cook, clean stalls, work horses, tend the dogs and cats. Then I sit down and write furiously for twenty minutes. Then I get up and do more things until I work through whatever needs to be figured out. |
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