Snowflake Challenge Day 11

In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm definitely a panster. I get an idea and write without thinking about where the story is going. I then edit a number of times before posting. For the current story I'm writing / posting, In a Corner of My Soul, I wrote and edited the full story but am editing chapters before I post them. As I've been editing, I've been modifying the plot slightly so I'm not only editing for readability for adjusting for the plot changes as well.

One of my favorite techniques is to rewrite a sentence or small set of sentences multiple times. The exercise, as I first read it, is to rewrite an opening sentence, changing it in each iteration, 100 times. I generally find a sentence I'm happy with about 25 iterations in. This is a creativity technique. The more different ideas (or in this case writing variations) you come with, the more creative you are being. I've found it to be a very helpful technique. I first used it on the opening of On This Side of Goodbye. Of the openings I've writing, it's one of my favorites.

I also like to think about my story and work through plot issues while I'm walking.