Hi Gales, thank you for the kind words and for sharing your process! I think it's solid advice, and I do incorporate a version of it in my own writing. ^^
My issue is usually not so much with the story, but with 'closing up' stuff. I generally have a pretty chaotic way of writing and always write out of order, but my general process goes something like this:
🧾 daydream the story until I have a good idea about the scenes and the order of events (this usually takes a while as I like to explore different possibilities and outcomes) (absolutely no writing at this point! it ruins the flow lol)
🧾 write the outline (quick and basic, just to showcase the timeline)
🧾 start writing the juicier parts and things I'm inspired to write at the moment (this part is usually pretty quick, too, because 1) I have a ton of dialogue from step one and 2) the motivation makes a big difference) (but! it leaves me with a script that's full of holes, so…)
🧾 fill in the gaps from the previous step and 'close up' the script (this is where it starts to get hard because the motivation goes down and there's less room for spontaneous writing)
I usually get stuck in that last phase, and the only way to get through is to sit on it and give it time, maybe work on some other parts in the meantime. (it also doesn't help that english is my second language lol)
So, yeah! I still appreciate you writing this out, and I hope it helps someone who might stumble upon it here 💕