Back in the saddle (I hope)

So, I said I was going to try and post something on the writing process, so here goes: I think writers are driven to write, at least for some of us this the case, I know I am. Writing for me starts off as an explosion of words onto the keyboard, often they don't make much sense. I just have to write them. After that comes trying to make sense out of what I just wrote. Trimming, adding cutting, then editing. Editing has to be the most challenging part of the writing process. In a way, you need to abandon your baby, or at least part of it, those parts which don't add anything to the story, or may even take away from it. It can be very difficult to make those cuts, but they need to happen in order to have a successful, and entertaining story.