I hadn’t thought of it quite this way before, but this is the way I write that actually gets results. I write a dirty first draft, usually in six to eight weeks.

And it’s ugly.

I start sentences with the same word over and over. My commas are everywhere. I have engagement rings appear out of nowhere (with a note to add a scene to show where it came from).

Inconsistencies. Repetition.

Oh boy.

And then comes the editor brain. This is why it takes me longer to edit a work than it did to write it. But hey, I have something to edit!

Once I get my website up, I’ll definitely back link to it. 🙂

Actually do ALL the prep beforehand. Sort of like cooking shows. They dice all the onions, garlic, tomatoes, whatever and pre-measure out the spices. Everything is handy and available to access immediately so they can get to the COOKING instead of stopping to search for the bottle of cumin they KNOW they bought (meanwhile onions burning). Too many writers are trying to research or figure out details in the middle of creating and it can make for a rough time.

I don’t think Kristen is saying don’t have any prep beforehand. Personally, I don’t start writing until I have an outline (it’s kinda crucial for my genre – mysteries). Since I’m kind of a Spock Brain to begin with, I first plot out the basic arcs to make sure they are sound. THEN I shift to Kirk Brain, so I’m fast-drafting with a road map of sorts (though I often veer off the grid, LOL, as new ideas occur to me). It works for me, and I find revisions aren’t such a hot mess.