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submitted 3 years ago by SlamDrag@beehaw.org to c/writing@beehaw.org

Do you set aside a time each day to write? Do you write five pages stream of consciousness then trim it down into something that makes sense? Are you a planner? Do you write in a notebook? Do you write once, edit once? write twice, edit once? Write once, edit thrice?

I don't have a consistent process. I've been experimenting with writing in a basic markdown editor, maybe 500 words at a time, then stringing together multiple entries as best I can. What I find is I have lots of ideas and thoughts that are separate, and critical to my ability to form complex thought is correlating multiple seemingly unrelating things, which then creates a new more complicated and hybrid whole. I can't sit down and write 5,000 words on one thing, but I can write 500 words on ten things, and then use that as the basis of a mosaic piece that (when edited well) comes together into a unique whole.

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[-] Shawdow194@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago

I used to keep separate books (fiction, journal, ideas, etc) but I found I could only personally keep consistent if I just wrote them all in one book I keep with me all day whenever the idea pops into my head

Most stuff only gets edited or expanded upon if after a few days I keep circling back to a passage or page

[-] SlamDrag@beehaw.org 1 points 3 years ago

Do you make an effort to go back through your ideas and evaluate which ones you want to expand? Or does it happen more organically in some way?

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