The writing process varies from writer to writer. There are no guarantees that this is what writing is like for you. There are no guarantees that my process even remains the same from one piece to another. However, this is a pretty good breakdown of how most of it goes for me.
1.) Get an idea.
2.) Decide if it’s a short story or if it needs to be a longer piece.
3.) Start writing. Get around two hundred words.
4.) Change narration style. Rewrite initial two hundred words.
5.) Consume caffeine.
6.) Take a break to play video games.
7.) Try to write again. Get fifty or so words down this time.
8.) Eat dinner.
9.) Consume alcohol, usually 1-3 beers or a White Russian.
10.) Lose all track of where I’d been in my writing.
11.) Watch TV instead.
12.) Get new idea. Decide if it needs to be written down tonight, or if it can wait til tomorrow.
13.) Begin again.
The Swords of the Ancients 