So as promised, here is part one of my personal writing process.
Look, I'm not an expert, and don't want to pretend that I am, I am merely sharing my process.
Obviously this is not the perfect way, or the MUST USE way, it is simply the steps that I follow. I found it to be much easier, and it works for me.
Step one:
The first step is probably the hardest part; get the idea, but make sure it's a good one. Most of my ideas either come to me the moment I wake up in the morning. I have a notebook next to me on my bed side table, and a smaller one in my handbag.
Don't start writing the story as soon as you get the idea. Let it fester in your mind, let it become your obsession. Get obsessed with the idea. The more you think about it, the more it will develop, and the better it will be.
If the idea simmers down, toss it. That may sound harsh, but if the idea isn't good enough to start off, it's not going to get any better.
Write your ideas down in your trusty little notebook, which should be with you at all times. Except in the shower, unless you write in pencil ;)
Let your idea be the only thing on your mind. Let it become your obsession, like a drug you are addicted to and cannot live without. Annoy the crap out of people. Observe people, a lot. Listen to people, a lot. That is where ideas come from. Be original, be creative. Create something that is never done before. Be extravagant. Be bold. Don't let anything hold you back.
If your idea, however is a flop/bust/disaster/epic fail, don't stress, it happens.
Just start again.
My first idea for a story never even made it to Step Two. I still have the original notes of it though, tucked away in my closet of shame, never to ever see the light of day again.
The most important is that you don't give up. Believe in your idea, and believe in yourself.
xxx S
Look, I'm not an expert, and don't want to pretend that I am, I am merely sharing my process.
Obviously this is not the perfect way, or the MUST USE way, it is simply the steps that I follow. I found it to be much easier, and it works for me.
Step one:
The first step is probably the hardest part; get the idea, but make sure it's a good one. Most of my ideas either come to me the moment I wake up in the morning. I have a notebook next to me on my bed side table, and a smaller one in my handbag.
Don't start writing the story as soon as you get the idea. Let it fester in your mind, let it become your obsession. Get obsessed with the idea. The more you think about it, the more it will develop, and the better it will be.
If the idea simmers down, toss it. That may sound harsh, but if the idea isn't good enough to start off, it's not going to get any better.
Write your ideas down in your trusty little notebook, which should be with you at all times. Except in the shower, unless you write in pencil ;)
Let your idea be the only thing on your mind. Let it become your obsession, like a drug you are addicted to and cannot live without. Annoy the crap out of people. Observe people, a lot. Listen to people, a lot. That is where ideas come from. Be original, be creative. Create something that is never done before. Be extravagant. Be bold. Don't let anything hold you back.
If your idea, however is a flop/bust/disaster/epic fail, don't stress, it happens.
Just start again.
My first idea for a story never even made it to Step Two. I still have the original notes of it though, tucked away in my closet of shame, never to ever see the light of day again.
The most important is that you don't give up. Believe in your idea, and believe in yourself.
xxx S
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