Writing is just a series of questions and decisions.

Deciding what to write, whether in a blog, a short story, novel, nonfiction article, children’s, YA, or adult is just a simple decision, right? A decision, yes. Simple? No.

Is it just picking up a pen or pencil or turning on a computer and start typing? Not really, though sometimes that’s a start. Sometimes we just need to start. But start where? At the beginning. With individual letters, then words, then phrases, then a sentence. Then what? Yes, you start asking questions. What if? or Why? are the most popular. Then you discover a character or an idea to research. The questions you now get to ask include things like what’s his name, what’s she look like, how is that made, what happened when, what’s o[image error]ne thing about him that he keeps secret, or she dreams of accomplishing? Should people know about this? What happens to this character? Why?  Okay, now you are getting to the point of writing a story or an article. Have you written these questions and their answers down?

Now you get to choose an audience for your story or article. More decisions. Who is interested in what you want to write about? How are you going to convey your information?

Next decision may be how are you going to get what you’re writing to them? That often leads to a much longer set of decisions such as do you want to learn how to market what you’ve written, or do you need help? Can you afford doing it yourself (less time to concentrate on writing) or paying someone else to do it for you?

Every step in the process demands you answer a new set of questions. All the way to the finish line – publication. Is that the end of the questions? Probably not, because, what are you going to write next?