How do you develop your writing ideas?
I have about a dozen off the cuff answers to this question, ranging from 'carefully' to 'I don't, they just show up,' all of which are true at certain times.
On the one hand, I have been heard to plot an entire story over the course of two and a half hours- I was talking to a writing buddy on the phone. The prompt was "identical twins," and that became the basic idea for my current work in progress, The King's Shadow.
On the other hand, when it comes to the actual story writing, my pace slows to a crawl. I over think things. In the words of another writer friend of mine, "You do over think things. You want to know too much before you start. You won't work with the characters until you know them, but you can't get to know them until you write them, because until then they aren't doing anything."
Ouch. Sad, but true.
The world building just... happens while I'm not paying attention. Character development is my Achilles' heel.
Unfortunately, I have yet to discover a way around the issue- though once I do, my output will hopefully increase dramatically.
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