Well first I get an idea. Usually that just happens. I'll be doing something else and something will strike me about it and *poof!* an idea happens.
Once I have an idea I sit on it for a time. Let it stew in the back of my head for a few days/weeks before I ever put a word on paper. I expand on it and let the idea lead me to the story.
I never use outlines when I write. I shoot from the hip.![]()
Mostly I'll write until the idea dries up for the session. Sometimes that's ten minutes sometimes it's a couple of hours. I self-correct grammar and spelling as I type; it's become such an automatic habit that it doesn't interrupt my flow.
Once the story is finished I use spell check on it and save it. Then I move on to something else for a day or two. After a bit of time I come back and read it. Try to correct anything the computer missed and change whatever wording or sentences I don't like.
I think that's about it.