I know we all approach writing differently and my philosophy these days is - whatever works!
However, my writing comes from a muse. She resides in a part of my brain that I do not use on a daily basis. When writing a book, this part "speaks" to me - and I take it down. In fact, until I hear her speak in the voice of a character, I don't begin writing.
Many others have described this same experience so I'm not alone. I was curious what your style is. Do you use a logical and known part of your brain to carve out your story? Or do you literally have a muse speak to you?
I started a blog about my writing misadventures. Not surprisingly, my very first blog had to do the process of writing, the notion of having a muse and tying it together with the theory advanced by Julian Jaynes. The blog is named after his hypothesis - it's called bicameralwriting and can be found here:
http://bicameralwriting.wordpress.com/. If you're unfamiliar with the subject of the bicameral mind, I give a breakdown that would fit on the head of a pin.
Curious to hear your comments.
