Hello gang,
I haven't written in a while, been busy with family and took a little time off.
I was thinking about how we write and how it can be different for different types of writing.
And I was wondering about how you all compose a piece of work. for example, do you find it better to sit and outline something first, or at least summarize it? Or are you like me and just start typing and let the ideas flow.
I'd have to say I'm a stream of consciousness writer, almost always. While I may conceptualize an idea in my mind first, I rarely will plot it out in outline form. I usually get an idea and then write it. or maybe research first, if need be.
I find this to be true whether I'm writing a fictional novel or short story or an article for a client.
I'm not sure why this is, but it's always worked for me. It kind of makes it exciting, because as i'm writing, in my head, I'm a sentence or two, or an idea or two ahead. It's fun and challenging.
What are your experiences with this?
