Back-Edits & Brain Weasels: A Brief Look at My Writing Process

Recently, someone was asking me about my writing process. More specifically, they asked me what my draft to done process looks like. Well, I just finished a 5,000-word freelance piece, and I think it’s a good example of what my meandering path to a done(ish) story looks like. This story took me roughly five working days to write (not counting outlining). Now, “days” in this example are not necessarily contiguous and they more represent blocks of working time I fit around other projects than comp...