1️⃣ I'm drawn to emotionally charged stories that leave a lot of questions and room for interpretation. I often find myself answering those questions, explaining inconsistencies to myself. I like to think about the past or future of characters, to draw lines through their development.
4️⃣ I have a hard time concentrating on work unless it's a rare burst of inspiration. I don't need to be in complete silence, but music or podcasts completely disrupt my ability to concentrate. Most of the time I write in coffee shops.
1. Develop a basic idea for a chapter.
I spend several days thinking about what's going on in the story, collecting ideas, little clues, working through and realizing the reasons for the characters' behavior, actions, and thoughts.
2. Writing.
There's a lot of serendipity in the process, though I draw on what I've already gathered. I write until I get everything I've planned in place. Sometimes something else comes up or I realize I've made a mistake. This stage usually takes about 20 hours per 1500 word chapter.
I often reread the written text when I'm tired, trying to keep the rhythm and give all the information I need.
3. Editing.
I delve deeper into the wording and choice of words, somewhere I finish, somewhere I remove or rewrite unfortunate phrases.
4. Checking.
I check with zpt and dictionaries that my English text doesn't have some weird crooked phrases or sentences. I reject or accept after thinking over the edits. (For Russian-language text I can see everything perfectly well myself...).
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I spend several days thinking about what's going on in the story, collecting ideas, little clues, working through and realizing the reasons for the characters' behavior, actions, and thoughts.
There's a lot of serendipity in the process, though I draw on what I've already gathered. I write until I get everything I've planned in place. Sometimes something else comes up or I realize I've made a mistake. This stage usually takes about 20 hours per 1500 word chapter.
3. Editing.
I delve deeper into the wording and choice of words, somewhere I finish, somewhere I remove or rewrite unfortunate phrases.
I check with zpt and dictionaries that my English text doesn't have some weird crooked phrases or sentences. I reject or accept after thinking over the edits. (For Russian-language text I can see everything perfectly well myself...).