Natasha Fondren

My process is always changing, but recently I returned to an old part of my process that I had lost. For a few years, my attention span got so bad that I could not do as much re-reading of my WIP that I did once.

After awhile, I forgot it had ever been my process.

But I’ve picked it up again. I tend to start reading (and editing/tweaking) at the very beginning every morning. And then I add words until my brain starts jumping around and can only write fragments. I take a break, then I start re-reading at the beginning of the chapter I’m on or the previous chapter.

Whew, it’s a lot of re-reading.

I hope it’s making a better story. It is making my daily word count higher. I’m starting to think that lots of reading, whether it’s my WIP or other writers’ books, sorta exercises my own writing muscle.

On another note, I am two days away from the anniversary of my life as a full-time writer on the road (or stopped in the desert, LOL). I suppose that calls for a special post.

Is there anything in particular I should include in my anniversary post? Any questions I should answer? And does your process change? Have you ever forgotten, then returned, to elements of your old process?