How To Go About Writing

Writing tips

It's all about sex, apparently

People sometimes ask me what my approach to writing is, how exactly do I go about it? I wish I had a pat answer I really do. The problem is I constantly change from day to day, from hour to hour.

(I could see from the look in her eyes that she was game for it....)

I almost never make any detailed plans, being a firm believer that life is what happens while your busy making other plans. Writing too is something that just happens whilst I am busy making other plans or doing other things.

Once I get the initial idea I just get my head down and make it up as I type. There is no plan to follow. I just follow my heart and my mind. I write about things that interest me, about things I am curious about, things that I want to get off my chest and out of my head. I suppose it's what is called a stream of consciousness. I just open the mind tap and out flow the words and sentences, the ideas and feelings. Sometimes I can get all the way to the end, and other times I have to leave the idea in draft to work on later.

(She deftly pulled back the silk sheets, to reveal.....)

I hear many times that you have to write for your audience, but seriously, I think like all writers I write for myself and hope that it is of interest for some sort of audience. And, if I am honest, I hope that it is of sufficient interest to fulfil one or two objectives, not the least of which is to make some money. If I can do that and at the same time help other writers to up their game and be a…

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