I have been writing every day or so for a couple years now and I am starting to get how I get things done!
(usual caveat what works for me does not work for everyone, etc. etc. etc) (also I'm not saying I'm a good writer, only that I show up to work)
Usually it goes like this:
at the very beginning I make a very vague plan that may or may not change dramatically by the time I'm done
then I start writing the chapters in order, a little everyday. That way I don't lose motivation because I already wrote that scene I wanted to write (and which is at the end of the novel. Because it's always at the end of the novel)
Scribbook allows to pick colours for your files, so I'm using it very plainly: red for rough/unwritten stuff, orange for first drafts, and green for the finished chapter. It works for short stories too!
That doesn't mean I write in order whithin a chapter file. Instead I throw in everything. Writing chaotically, without any regard for consistency, rough dialogues, etc. So yeah, it's ugly, but it exists.
my drafts are usually sponsored by (parenthesis/and slashes)
then I reread and edit stuff up. I allows me to notice the several blocks the chapter is made of (ex. One scene in a garden, then another with another point of view in a cellar, etc.) For instance, chapter 14 of the current story is made of roughly three blocks: a big one and two small ones.
the others sponsors are * * * *staaaaars* * * * *
I edit block by block, following my fancy. You know that saying that in order to achieve something ridiculously difficult, you divide it in small difficult tasks, then smaller inconvenient ones, and so on? Well it works. What matters is that at the end, I have a coherent chapter that I can send to my ever-suffering beta-reader. And then I start working on the next chapter.
And when everything is written? It's time for the big edits. But that's a story for another time (because I don't like big edits)
Don't believe the green, I've been meaning to rewrite this thing for two years now
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