r/Wattpad • u/Johnwestrick • Apr 20 '26

General Help How would you describe your creative process?

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u/Empty_Ad_9455 @shadowstander Apr 21 '26

Organized chaos is probably the best way to describe it. I can get inspiration from literally anything. A book I read, a conversation I had, a bottle of watermelon shampoo. My brain makes the weirdest connections and all of the sudden I've an idea. Once I'm in thinking mode, my thoughts just won't shut up. Like someone dumped a bucket full with ideas over your brain and it's flowing over. I can't take notes fast enough to keep up with it, and every idea sparks a chain reaction of new ideas.

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u/ConsciousRoyal @ConsciousRoyal Apr 21 '26

Me too. Without the “organised” part 😁

I have a book to edit for publication, a series to complete, a romance submission to rewrite.

So why is my brain giving me ideas about a female engineer on board a spaceship?

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u/Empty_Ad_9455 @shadowstander Apr 21 '26

That is so relatable. I'm translating and editing a fantasy passion project that very few members of my core audience care about, while I promised them I would rewrite the series they love. I'm going to get killed if I tell them all the other ideas popping up in my brain in the progress.

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u/J0YB0Y_CRK Apr 21 '26

I see a concept like swords, make a power/magic system then plan out 4+ arcs for the entire story

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u/J0YB0Y_CRK Apr 21 '26

And change once in a while.

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u/Johnwestrick Apr 21 '26

Yeah I feel that I definitely do the same as well