Inside My Writing Process

I enjoy reading through Manu’s People & Blogs series and find it particularly interesting how people approach their writing and publishing process. I thought it would be fun to share my own, especially since my approach is maybe a bit less organised and more focused on the freedom to write and publish posts as I go.

Since this blog is primarily for my own enjoyment, it should come as no surprise that I write for myself. Don’t get me wrong, I welcome you (and anyone else) who’s reading this, and I hope you find my writing entertaining too.

In my process, any new post starts with a thought or an idea that I capture in my backlog in Things. Sometimes, I skip this step and write a draft directly in iA Writer, which I did for this post.

From there, I like to see where the writing takes me. I don’t like to overthink structure or do massive (if any) research. It’s usually a stream of consciousness, then I proofread and edit if I find anything out of place. Once everything looks good, I hit “Publish” and move on. While I appreciate the freedom of this approach, I know it can sometimes lead to mistakes.

Honestly, sometimes I’ll miss things and publish typos or random extra words, but since this isn’t your old print newspaper I can easily fix those afterwards. No pressure.