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How Would You Describe Your Writing Process?
Answering readers’ questions
My writing process is messy AF. Honestly, I’m terrible, but I’ll try my best to answer this question sent in by a reader.
Every story is a different child
I don’t have a singular process I stick to for each story. I’ve learned there’s no point in trying to wrestle each story into a specific process. They just don’t behave when I force it.
I look at each story like I look at my kids. My eldest is now seven. He’s a very caring, gentle soul. Very introverted just like me. He needs time to rest, needs his alone time. This is how he recovers and it’s how he excels. He doesn’t do well with last minute changes to plans. He needs a clear idea of what we’re doing and when we’re doing it.
I thought I had this parenting thing sorted. Then along comes my second child. He’s now four. He is the most fun individual I’ve ever known. His plans involve diving off the nearest thing and generally giving me heart murmurs. I never know what’s going to happen from minute to minute and trying to plan is pointless at times.
No two stories are the same just like no two people are the same. They have different needs. My job as the writer / father is to stop and think how to best take care of those needs and (hopefully)…
