Can you speak a bit to what your writing process looks like and how important collaboration is to you in that process?

Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

how important is collaboration in the writing process?

5 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A writer explains they reject rigid routines because strict structures kill the joy of writing. Their standards have risen over time, so they only write about topics that genuinely interest them, and their flexible approach shapes how they collaborate with others.

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I don’t have a rigid writing process—no candle‑lighting or set routine. I’ve been inconsistent with writing for Automatter because other priorities came up, and I purposefully keep things flexible so it doesn’t take the joy out of writing. I’ve heard others find structure fulfilling, but I set a personal bar: I won’t write about anything I don’t think is interesting.

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Can you speak a bit to what your writing process looks like and how important collaboration is to you in that process? Yeah, I wish I could say I had like a writing process, like I light a candle and I get in the mood, but like I really don't have a rigid process. And I think that's definitely part of the reason why I haven't been super consistent in like writing at all or writing for Automatter over the past several months as other priorities have come up. And it's kind of purposeful because sometimes I feel like that level of rigidity takes kind of like some of the joy out of it. That being said, like I have heard from other people about how they have, you know, a little bit more structure to their writing process and it's really, really fulfilling for them. But kind of like you said, I have this bar for myself that's definitely increased over time. And at a very basic level, I think the bar for myself is like, I won't write about anything that I don't think is interesting.