[Mr. Blanc on writing][1]:

> I wait to get started because I assume that if I don’t write something magical and clever as I’m typing it for the first time then I certainly won’t be able to improve upon it in the editing and re-writing process.

I’ve only felt the fear that Shawn describes when someone asks me to write something for them (e.g The Magazine, etc). I hate that, I hate that process, and I hate doing it because it locks me up.

Typically I’m too busy to write drafts. Typically if I have time to write, I better make words appear because that time is few and far between. So my typical “process” is:

1. Idea for something.
2. Write, or at the very least make a note of my thought with the post title (yep select that before I write) and my main point I want to convey.
3. Add to, or re—read the article.
4. Re—read article only if step three was add to and not re-read. (I only re-read things once, unless they get over 1000 words, then I read twice with the second reading trying to make sure flow is right.)
5. Determine if article is worth posting, and then determine if I send it to [James][2] for editing.
6. Post.
7. Fix typos as readers yell at me about them.
8. Back to work.

Over thinking writing always nets me a blank page, so from day one I have just put words down whenever I get time, or am so inspired.

[1]: http://shawnblanc.net/2013/05/the-root-of-non-writing/
[2]: http://jamesmart.in