I'ma multiple-project sort of person, but like the others have said, there's no real "how" to it. I write different stories differently.
Like, right now I have one story that's fun to write, but which I can also sit down and force out my daily minimum on without feeling like I want to tear my hair out.
And I have another one where when I get in the mood to write on it, I can fly through thousands of words (2k a day is quite a lot for me and sometimes on this one I can pull twice that easy) but which grinds to an absolute halt when I'm not - it's like pulling teeth.
So depending on the day and on my mood (one's very dark and dirty fantasy, the other's a more adventure-styled science-fantasy) I write where my brain wants to write. And if it doesn't want to write either, I just do the daily min of dark fantasy and call it good.
Like, right now I have one story that's fun to write, but which I can also sit down and force out my daily minimum on without feeling like I want to tear my hair out.
And I have another one where when I get in the mood to write on it, I can fly through thousands of words (2k a day is quite a lot for me and sometimes on this one I can pull twice that easy) but which grinds to an absolute halt when I'm not - it's like pulling teeth.
So depending on the day and on my mood (one's very dark and dirty fantasy, the other's a more adventure-styled science-fantasy) I write where my brain wants to write. And if it doesn't want to write either, I just do the daily min of dark fantasy and call it good.