On my creative process…

A young man wearing a gray hoodie and a baseball cap, writing in a notebook while standing.

I love writing for a lot of reasons, but one of them is the ability to do it without figuring everything out beforehand. I like that I can go in with a vague idea, usually a handful of climactic scenes or ill-defined premises, and write my way toward them without knowing exactly how I’ll finalize the story.

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11 responses to “On my creative process…”

  1. Absolutely! Write where the story and rhe characters lead.

  2. I don’t know how people plot out every single element and then write around it. I have a vague idea, maybe two and two or three characters. Then it happens, the plot unfolds and I watch it happen in real time, just like the characters. Its the best feeling to live it with them, instead of knowing what’s going to happen before it does.

  3. Someone or something has put you on the right path you’re very good at what you do!

    1. Thank you! 🙂

  4. Write my way toward them’ what a lovely way to put it, Kent. There’s real magic in letting the destination stay a little blurry and trusting yourself to arrive. Thanks for sharing a peek behind your process!
    ✨ Khadija

  5. I find that writing that way sometimes lets the characters take the story in a way that hadn’t even occurred to me… which, judging by the comments, isn’t unique to me.

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    In a lot of ways, that’s the way I live. 😅

  7. I’m happiest when a character wakes me in the middle of the night and insists that I must write this down immediately. You can’t get that from an outline.

  8. That takes skill but I think for me it leads to the most organic story and the most honest expression of my ideas

  9. I loved your style of a vague idea or premise and then letting your writer within direct you towards completion.👩🏻‍🦳✝️

  10. I do outline my novels, but still, I love starting with a base concept and just working off of that. It’s amazing what my mind gives me when I just let it run free.

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