Describe My Writing Process

After taking several opportunities to study the different images provided in the assignment, I came to the realization that I didn’t fully understand what my writing process consisted of. When I look at the actual “writing” that I have done over the course of the last several years, it mainly contains Facebook status updates, letters to teachers, emails, blog posts, and product reviews for several online marketing companies. I haven’t written essays, journal entries or any kind of “story” in a very long time.
Considering my recent writings, and the atmosphere in which they were written, I finally decided that my current writing process most closely resembles the image of the tornado. When I am writing, I take all of the words and thoughts that are in my head at the moment, and then proceed to type them out as they come. I don’t preplan, I don’t write drafts, and I usually don’t stop and put much extra thought into what I am writing. As far as revision, I always check for spelling or grammatical errors, but rarely need to do an actual edit for those.
At the moment, there is noise all around me. A barking dog, two children on the front porch playing jump rope, one child singing to himself while playing with the honey (yes, the honey…), one child typing away on a laptop, one child texting away on a cell phone, and of course the TV playing Music Choice. The only reason I am able to write this essay at the moment is because the youngest of these children is currently taking her first nap of the day! Life is a little chaotic at our home, because six of our eight children (ages 1-22) still live at home. I am taking a big leap by starting college this Fall, but hoping that I will find a way to deal with the noise at times, while also fitting in scheduled alone