Writing is writing is writing
A non-writer friend of mine recently expressed interest in the "process" of writing. "What about it?" I said. "You pick up a pen and -- " "Stop right there. I want to know how you do what you do every day; other people would be interested in your 'process.'" I don't know how interested anyone might be, but here goes. I'm a pantser until I get near the end (last 100 pages) of my book; then I turn into a plotter. I write in the morning and the late afternoon or evening (propped up in bed with a bowl of nuts and chocolate at my fingertips). I write first with pen on yellow note pads, in longhand, making numerous crossouts, circles, arrows, and other roadmap markers so I can wade my way through the draft pages later, when transcribing them onto my computer. I write 4 longhand pages per day, which equals about 1000 words on the MSWord program I'm using, and I do this almost every day including Saturdays and Sundays and many holida