Bar none, my favorite part of the writing process is the conception stage. That magical moment when an idea comes to me like a surprise gift and fills me up with its effervescent fizz is the high that keeps me toiling at my computer through the difficult stages of the process.
I also enjoy working on ideas. That’s why outlining is my second favorite part of the process. There’s no spit and polish at that point. There’s no finicky prose or narrative techniques to fuss over. There’s just me playing catch with my idea, like a kid bouncing a baseball against the wall of the garage.
But in itself, an idea doth not a story maketh.
Think of anybody anywhere (who hasn’t completely divorced themselves from their imagination and intuition) and odds are good you’ll discover that person has some kind of a story idea kicking around somewhere. The subtitle on a Publishing Perspectives post from a few years back notes:
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