It is a process that varies for everyone. For me it seems I get the ideas in dreams and I end up remembering them when I wake and then I write them down. It's a very weird trick I somehow learned how to do, I taught myself to read, write and speak in a dream which normally you can't do since it's two separate brain areas that react to dreaming and cognitive functions. I'm sure my brain in REM mode would be something interesting for a neurologist.
I started small when I was young, about nine or ten writing on lined paper, those blank pages with the blue lines just begged me to fill them with something, then once I got my own laptop that changed into electronic writing in Word and PowerPoint. Then I started doing NaNoWriMo in 2007 which is an annual event that takes place every November where you write a 50 000 word novel in 30 days.
Thing about writing is not sitting down down for hours to force yourself into writing epic novels the size of George RR Martin and his like but small things like writing down random thoughts in your head that occur throughout your day, either on paper or typed into a phone or tablet that everyone and their mother has nowadays.
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