I’m sure there are many different styles of writing but in
my case I like to let the brain do the work while I’m off doing something else.
The human brain is an amazing computer. When you input a bunch of data and let that
stir around in your head for a while, interesting things happen. The brain has a way of making plots work,
creating dialogue, telling a story.
My technique is to get an idea, input some facts, and then
let the brain cook on it. I find
that if I go do some physical work, the brain seems to take that story and put
it on simmer and by the end of the day a small idea has often grown into a big
idea.
Writers who sit at the typewriter (aka computer) and try to
force a story tend to complain of “writers’ block.” I never get writers’ block. The reason is
that I don’t start writing until the story is already jelled in my mind. Then, the writing process is just mechanical.
Think of fiction as telling your best friend a story. If you are good at relating stories in person
then writing is just another mechanical approach to something that you already
do.
The Look For Me series was written with this technique and
this very second, a scene in Book 7 (Return For You) is cooking in my mind.
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