Slow process

In my last post on wrapping up a story, I commented on the complexity of story wrap up. But that's hardly the only time consuming moment in the process of writing a novel. In my (admittedly limited) experience I notice four distinct periods of writing:

Inception and research>60% sprintStory wrap-upEditing and publishingIn no way I'm claiming generalisity here, these are just my four phases. Anyway, the inception is clear: picking a storyline, a situation, a main character from my backstory world. Then starts a short period of research, fill...publishingInwrap-upEditingsprintStoryresearch>60%/>Inception