What's your writing process? What have you learned?

@zeitybitey Zeitvon
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:55:29 +0000

@zeitybitey wrote:

I sort of work backwards, it's kind of weird -
Usually, I start with the ending. Then how do we get to the ending? I usually have things in dot points of rough ideas of what may come to play, but never set in stone. I usually don't have a true 'start' until I'm near the end of my writing (not including editing).

It's strange, because I usually start designing my characters when I barely have the structure completed at all, and then slowly build up the world as I start working on character interactions. I usually invest heavier into character interactions, and build the world around them as I go. I personally find it easier to work this way, as it helps me add more depth to the world and come up with ideas of how we get from point A to B.

The only thing about my work structure is that it's constantly a lot of back and forth editing - I don't work chronologically at all, and tend to add in new scenes whenever I feel it's appropriate, which of course will affect some other interactions and such.

But overall, I need a general 'complete' plan that I'm satisfied with before I can begin writing the real story. I feel lost with all my ideas if I don't!