I write the way the story is presented to me. Usually that means sequentially because my characters tend to tell me the story the way that I need to write it. But there have been times when the character is too scattered to tell me the whole thing at once and then I get it in bits and pieces and have to fit it together later. Although I've never gone novel length (and probably won't try until I graduate) I've found that I don't have one process that I use for writing a story. Each story has it's own process but they all end up with a story on paper ready for others to read (well not always- sometimes I end up not liking the story and then no-one gets to read it).
My advice - do what works for you. It sounds like you have a process that's working, you've got 30,000 words already. Don't worry too much about how other people do it, don't even worry about how you're going to do the next one. Get this one on paper (or in the computer) in any way that works.
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Date: 2004-10-01 01:15 pm (UTC)My advice - do what works for you. It sounds like you have a process that's working, you've got 30,000 words already. Don't worry too much about how other people do it, don't even worry about how you're going to do the next one. Get this one on paper (or in the computer) in any way that works.