If you have permanently pasted the picture in your mind of a fiction writer sitting comfortably in his study, giving free reign to his thoughts, sipping coffee in between and filling the dustbin with crumpled papers, then; WAKE UP. Writing fiction is as far from it as I am from the aliens. What fiction writing [...]
It is better to spend some minutes planning your fiction before you begin writing. Planning will make your structure solid, your characters round and your narration accurate. How do you make a plan? That is what needs to be sorted first.