Writing Process

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My favourite piece of editing advice is "When somebody tells you there’s something wrong with your book they’re almost always right, when they tell you how to fix it they’re almost always wrong."

It helps me listen to my readers and commit to fixing what they point out - just maybe not in the ways they suggest 😉

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I mulled on the prompts for a day or so, getting a vague idea in my head of the approach. When I write it's kinda like I'm chipping away at a big block of marble. Each word, each chisel, takes me closer to the finished product. There's no real plan. There's no clear end goal to work towards when I start, that comes in time. I'm just chipping away at the marble. 

All in all over the 48hrs I probably spent maybe 90 minutes typing the story, 30 minutes researching lore accurate details ( my story was a fairytale but I wanted the characters to be mythologically correct - Ironically enough one of the judges had an issue with the historically accurate description of a character but ah well) and 30 minutes editing out errors or making minor adjustments. I think I submitted it late Sunday evening, Irish time, so maybe 7-8 hours before deadline.

I guess it's a 'writing process ', as something was written from it, but it's not the sort of process engineers will be studying for it's efficiency. It's the sort of process that gets the job done but afterwards I'm left wondering how exactly.

I totally agree!  Getting to marinate on the assignment overnight before diving in is a huge advantage for my brain! <3