Comments on: Coffee Break: The Toughest Parts of Writing http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/02/25/coffee-break-the-toughest-parts-of-writing/ From Bunny Slippers to Business Plans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sal http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/02/25/coffee-break-the-toughest-parts-of-writing/#comment-735 Sal Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=422#comment-735 To be honest, when I write, I usually just sit down and start pouring my head onto the page. After I word vommit, I go back with a mop and clean it up a bit, then figure out if it needs a beginning and an end. The middle is usually the easiest part for me because it is the meat of what I am talking about. The salad and desert have to play off of the main course. Does that make any sense? Basically, ask any chef to come up with a menu and the first thing they do is figure out what protein they are cooking with for the main course, then from there they plan the rest of the meal. I write the same way. Middle, then fill in the rest. Besides, it is easier for me to know where I am going if I have already been there (intro) and to put my pants on after my underwear (conclusion). Ok, bad anologies, but you get the picture...sorta. To be honest, when I write, I usually just sit down and start pouring my head onto the page. After I word vommit, I go back with a mop and clean it up a bit, then figure out if it needs a beginning and an end. The middle is usually the easiest part for me because it is the meat of what I am talking about. The salad and desert have to play off of the main course.

Does that make any sense? Basically, ask any chef to come up with a menu and the first thing they do is figure out what protein they are cooking with for the main course, then from there they plan the rest of the meal. I write the same way. Middle, then fill in the rest. Besides, it is easier for me to know where I am going if I have already been there (intro) and to put my pants on after my underwear (conclusion). Ok, bad anologies, but you get the picture…sorta.

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