Great article from WITS on the process of writing. What’s your process?
By Laura Drake
I belong to the Women’s Fiction chapter of RWA. We just completed a month-long Write-a-Thin (you’d have had to have been there,) and it was wonderful, on many levels (not for me, on the ‘Thin’ part, but that’s another blog altogether.)
Since I’m so anal regimented in my schedule, I didn’t think I needed the external motivation of a group with goals. I only signed up to support others. But I found that it helped a lot, to feel like I was writing with friends.
In chatting as a group, we got off onto interesting tangents. I admit, I experienced angst,when people began sharing their writing process. It was fascinating in that, “curious, but not sure you want to know” way.
Let’s face it. It’s like your hair: blonde, curly, thin, red, thick, grey, whatever. Mine is brown (until the gray, anyway,) straight as a board…
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Ella Quinn ~ Author 
I started out writing a story from beginning to end. That worked well for my first four books. Then on the fifth, scenes started coming to me and I’d piece them in to the story.
What an inspirational post! Thanks for sharing Ella. It’s true…sometimes it’s hard to be satisfied with our process because we think someone else’s process is better. I have to remind myself that the way I write is perfectly fine. It’s my process. Having our own unique quirks/ways of doing things is what makes us all so interesting and special. As long as we get the story on paper that’s what counts! 🙂
So true, Karen. I am amazed at all the different approaches to creating a story.
Yes, thanks for sharing, Ella!
This subject endlessly fascinates me. I sit back and watch how I do it . . . it’s SO not like the rest of my life – I’m an anal accountant-type! Maybe that’s the point – doing it the opposite of everything else unleashes creativity. That’s the hope, anyway!
Hi Laura, I thought it was a wonderful topic. Thank you for the post.
Thank you for posting this. I hate envy, but I can’t stop feeling it.
Hi Brenda, Thank you for stopping by.