My writing process | Derek Sivers
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My writing process | Derek Sivers
far from lineal. I will write a few hundred words, loop back, fill in some other stuff, take out some other words, write forward from the place where I lifted out of the timeline, then loop around again and do it all again.
Dean Wesley Smith • Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel without an Outline (WMG Writer's Guides)
When André writes an SOS, he starts with a “Draft Zero” which is free writing to get thoughts out of his head and onto the page.
As ideas coalesce, André writes an Anne Lamott-inspired “shitty first draft,” which inspires additional rounds of increasingly focused, organized, polished writing.
Sub-plots, stories within stories, relevant tangents, et... See more
As ideas coalesce, André writes an Anne Lamott-inspired “shitty first draft,” which inspires additional rounds of increasingly focused, organized, polished writing.
Sub-plots, stories within stories, relevant tangents, et... See more
A lot of people might be like, ‘OK, we worked on positioning for a week—let’s move on and start executing!’ But I will sit with it for six months, or a year—however long it takes for the idea to feel like it’s fully formed.